Damon, who was the first
to speak after the din had quieted. "Bless my soul! But that was
awful!"
"It was just what I expected," said Mr. Parker, calmly. "I
knew, from my observations, that we were in a region where
landslides and terrific electrical storms may be expected at any
time. I fully looked for this."
"Well," remarked Mr. Jenks, rather sarcastically, "I hope it
came up to your expectations, Mr. Parker."
"Oh, fully," was the answer, "though I wish it could have
happened in daylight, so that I could better have observed
certain phenomena regarding the landslide. They are very
interesting."
"At a distance," admitted Tom, with a laugh of relief. "Well,
I'm glad it's over, though we'll have to wait until morning to
see what damage has been done. Lucky we weren't struck by
lightning. I never saw such bolts!"
"Me, either!" declared Mr. Damon. "This mountain seems to
attract them."
"It is like a magnet," said Mr. Parker. "I think I shall be
able to make some fine observations here."
"If we live through it," murmured Mr. Jenks.
They watched the play of lightning about a distant bank of
clouds, but the storm was now far away, only a faint rumbling of
thunder being heard.
"I'm wondering what happened to the phantom," said Tom, after a
pause. "Seems to me he was right in that track of the storm.
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