`` 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 . It is a most extraordinary coincidence that it should have come on the very day we selected . I actually have a half guilty feeling , as if I really had ` magicked ' it up . We may as well rejoice over the old house being removed , for there 's not much to rejoice over where our young trees are concerned . Not ten of them have escaped . '' `` Ah , well , we 'll just have to plant them over again next spring , '' said Anne philosophically .
`` That is one good thing about this world ... there are always sure XXXXX be more springs . ''
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