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THE LONELY CABIN
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"Oh, Alice, we'll be drenched—and our new dresses!" cried Ruth.
"Let's get under a tree," suggested the younger girl. "That will shelter us."
"And get struck by lightning! I guess not!" protested Ruth. "Trees are always dangerous in a thunder storm."
"But we must find shelter!" said Alice, as they ran on.
They came to a little clearing in the woods, and pausing at the edge saw a lonely cabin in the midst of it.
"Come on over there!" cried Alice. "They'll take us in, whoever they are, until the shower is over."
Seizing Ruth's hand she darted toward the cabin. Then both girls saw a man open the door and stand in it—a man at the sight of whom they drew back in alarm.
