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Between Fire and Water

           However,asyet,norainhadfallen,andthewindhadnotrisenintheleast.Butthisstateofthingswasofshortduration;beforelongthecataractsoftheskyburstforth,andcamedowninverticalstreams.Asthelargedropsfellsplashingintothelake,fierysparksseemedtoflyoutfromtheilluminatedsurface.

           WastheraintheFINALEofthestorm?Ifso,Glenarvanandhiscompanionswouldescapescotfree,exceptforafewvigorousdouchebaths.No.Attheveryheightofthisstruggleoftheelectricforcesoftheatmosphere,alargeballoffireappearedsuddenlyattheextremityofthehorizontalparentbranch,asthickasaman’swrist,andsurroundedwithblacksmoke.Thisball,afterturningroundandroundforafewseconds,burstlikeabombshell,andwithsomuchnoisethattheexplosionwasdistinctlyaudibleabovethegeneralFRACAS.Asulphuroussmokefilledtheair,andcompletesilencereignedtillthevoiceofTomAustinwasheardshouting:

           "Thetreeisonfire."

           Tomwasright.Inamoment,asifsomefireworkswerebeingignited,theflameranalongthewestsideoftheOMBU;thedeadwoodandnestsofdriedgrass,andthewholesap,whichwasofaspongytexture,suppliedfoodforitsdevouringactivity.

           Thewindhadrisennowandfannedtheflame.Itwastimetoflee,andGlenarvanandhispartyhurriedawaytotheeasternsideoftheirrefuge,whichwasmeantimeuntouchedbythefire.

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