It would be doing Uncle Abe an injustice to say that he was glad the storm had happened ; but since it had to be he was very glad he had predicted it ... to the very day , too . Uncle Abe forgot that he had ever denied setting the day . As for the trifling discrepancy in the hour , that was nothing . Gilbert arrived at Green Gables in the evening and found Marilla and Anne busily engaged in nailing strips of oilcloth over the broken windows . `` Goodness only knows when we 'll get glass for them , '' said Marilla . `` Mr. Barry went over to Carmody this afternoon but not a pane could he get for love or money . Lawson and Blair were cleaned out by the Carmody people by ten o'clock . Was the storm bad at White Sands , Gilbert ? '' `` I should say so . I was caught in the school with all the children and I thought some of them would go mad with fright . Three of them fainted , and two girls took hysterics , and Tommy Blewett did nothing but shriek at the top of his voice the whole time . '' `` I only squealed once , '' said Davy proudly . `` My garden was all smashed flat , '' he continued mournfully , `` but so was Dora 's , '' he added in a tone which indicated that there was yet balm in Gilead . Anne came running down from the west gable . `` Oh , Gilbert , have you heard the news ? Mr. Levi Boulter 's old house was struck and burned to the ground . It seems to me that I 'm dreadfully wicked to feel glad over THAT , when so much damage has been done . Mr. Boulter says he believes the A.V.I.S. magicked up that storm on purpose . '' `` Well , one thing is certain , '' said Gilbert , laughing , '' ` Observer ' has made Uncle Abe 's reputation as a weather prophet . ` Uncle Abe 's storm ' will go down in local history .
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