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Thunder
on
The Left

Among the notionable dictes of antique Rome was the fancy that when men heard thunder on the left the gods had somewhat of speciall advertisement to impart.

Then did the prudent pause and lay down their affaire to studye what omen Jove intended.

—Sir Eustace Peachtree

The Dangers of This Mortall Life.

By Christopher Morley

Garden CityNew York
Doubleday, Page & Company
1925