Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-12-26
THE STORM

reign OF MelSSa, Queen OF NaShOn Island, that
wind arose out OF the north and prevailed the face
of her kingdom for the space of ten days and nights,
from Burton on the south unto the place where the
ferry landeth on the north
And it brought with it all manner of snow and cold,
that the old Patriarch BlckSn declareth there was
the like before the island. The waves waxed
furious that the dock at the Portage utterly destroy
ed, but Allison who runneh garage there escaped,
did also the Standard Oil company which hath service
stations all over the earth.
The ships were nightly tossed TO and fro like drunk
en- men, however Phillips of the Vashona and Christensen
of the Virginia both stood FAST going in and out of their
harbors without either fear trembling Wiman, albeit
tue sailor for fifty years, found his vessel bufeted
bout and hove to in the Portage dock but did cut his way
out without loss of life nevertheless he nightly
scared, that his hair waxed gray and his sumber
night was greatly annoyed.
The falling of snow interfered much with the jost
ling flivvers but the three mighty of the Queen
kingdom, who report to Uncle Sam at Washington contin
ued daily in their labor Now these be the of these
Godfrey, the Burtonte Thompson, the Vashonite
and Carly the Mauryite, Another gallant man who
also toed during this of the storm is Oto the Cen
tee whose Dodge lodged both fore and aft to and fro
to Cove as bearer of dispatches from Santa Claus.
At this time, also there gathered together in the out
courts of the Vashon postffice such seers Garvin
the undertaken Mcgowan, the lantern lighter Stephen
the oafer, who also giveth great and high sounding
bugs plants, Weiss the complaner of cold
Tere the money changer and Peter who is also known
in Idaho, as Monroe. Here these men would wait for
those in the inner courts dole out the daily post card
or albeit embossed Xmas greeting.
F-s.gnore it came to pass at this time that the
Bile which unet the Queens dominion with that of the
heather the other side of the sound parted and To-
darkness fell upon all the land, at the going down of
the And continued for the space of eight days and
eight nights without abatement and the poultry men, and
the greenhouse men, and the printer man, jawed great
1y R1tG GARNER he nov cCn:n s
or Slept not day night but worked diligently in and
out of until the darkness lifted that the
island longer dwelt in darkness and the shadow Of
death,
About this time also, the lake which is about eighty
cuhts long and four and sixty cubs wide frozen
over wheIeupon the young folks of the Kingdom
wont gambol But Lola, to be slrnamed tne Garn
erte who also leader of the younger set had her
hands nightly chapped and her bobbed hair much tous
led but cried her friends Justify, aha aha which
meaneth naught but apple sauce
Merry also, who goeth about under orders from the
great Paul who dweeth in the habtation of the wicked
was not of merry heart when the East wind drove the
waves nightly the Queens Highways but seeing
the gulls flying westward, took courage and both he and
the rejoiced seeing the gus drowned not, knowing
also, neither would they freeze
And, behold, the phones also the blink So
that the neghborood gossip greatly lessened and the
voices of the people We're not taxed with idle chatter
Notwithstanding many people, from old men IN dotage to
children who unweaned did cry nightly for their
home paper causing the editor much grief and sorrow OF
heart nasnuch the wheels of the newspaper shop do
turn by electric power and the metal from which the pa
per printed is melted by the juice But going
TO that abomnable city the sound the paper
set and brought back night by Emil, the Millerite
About this time there was added great by
wood shortage whercupon Con, the IJomslandlte did
come speedily to tie and aided by Maurice -
Dunsorde stocked the sheds with all manner of