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The next day on account of the damage to the chimney, which was almost completely demolished by the lightning, there was no school and Joe and Sam Anderson got together and went off for a morning's fishing.
The mountain streams about the place were much swollen because of the heavy rain, and they had little hope of catching much, but they thought the outing would be pleasant.