The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-08-04
MoLAssEs COME DOWN.

that 1t Is the calm before the storm
the placidity that an old cow takes on
just before she is to let q hind leg go
and plant foot against your manly
bosom.
Monday morning Sllas Goodheart en-.
tered my grocery and asked II theI
price Of butter had come down. | an
swered that was sorry to say 1t had
jumped up instead. He asked me how
long thought the outraged people,
would stand 1t and went away shak-
ing his head and muttering. He was
followed by Moses Taylor, who asked
for Goldfish. had to tell him that cod
fish had advanced.
Pap" said he as he drew closer and
lowered bis voice to q whisper, "getI
ready for trouble! The people haveI
been driven to the dead line If you
have any influence with the president
set 1t to work at once"
| tried to pump him, but 1t was mol
go. He just gave me that warning and
then walked out, | at once lowered
the price of butter and Goldfish and had
the same proclaimed through the town.
but the placidity still continued. The
butcher was called a robber; the cob
bier was called villain; the feed store
man was looked at so menacingly that
he shut up shop and went to Dobbs
Ferry for the day.
Tuesday opened with the same pla-
cidlty. Not leaf stirred Men simply
bowed as they passed each other on
the street Not cluck from a cluck-
ing hen. Mrs. p. and both moved
about as II there was fear Of an ava
lanche.
Symptoms of Distress.
On Wednesday there was a smell oil
sulphur In the air, and at intervals a.
faint rumbling was heard / was un,
usually urbane and unctuous, both I'm
the postotlice and grocery, but mol
smiles greeted me. l felt myself al
marked man. Late in the afternoonI
Henry Smallman, who Is known farI
and near for his gentle disposition and
the length of time 1t takes to collect a
bill from him, entered the postofficeI
with musket on his shoulder. 1t was
the same musket his grandfather car.
ried at Bunker Hill. In n joking way
asked him If he was out for wood.
chucks, and the look he gave me sent a
shiver up and down my spine. The
answer he made me was that | had
best go home early and not put my
nose outdoors again until morning.
William, have fought grizzlies, In.
dians, wildcats and men, but the situa-
tion took hold of me, and | followed
Henry's advice. As l walked through
the town after closing up heard whis-
pers and murmurs and the loading of
guns, and men passed me without even
nod.
Mrs. Pinkham sat down with the
symptoms and diagnosed them to mean
that something was going to bust be-
fore morning. She was correct, as
usual Something did bust, but we
had passed night of terror before we
heard the particulars. A public meet
ing was held at Eagle hail. and the
place was jammed with men and wo.
men. They came armed with all sorts
of weapons, 1t was announced at the
outset that II l appeared and attempt
ed to break up the gathering my life
would be taken in Eve or six different
sorts of ways
Rally of Consumers.
Adinabad Smith, who was never
known to hurt fly. was the first
speaker, lie jumped out and began to
shout for blood the first thing. He de,
manded the life Of every member of
trust and flourished a crowbar around
his head as he demanded.
Adinabad was followed by Jericho
Jones, son of the founder of the town.
He has been known TO faint away at
sight Of the blood when bobbing Off a
a Sleeps tail, but he was all there