Sim's barn is burned, and all his hay, and all mine, and my house--I haven't got lock, stock nor barrel left of my ranch, and nothing to make a crop with." "What do you think ?" asked Doctor Barnes gravely.
"We don't know what to think.

It's like enough a hold-on from that old Industrial work--they been threatening all down the valley, since times are hard and wages fell a little after the war work shut down.

There was some hay burned down below there.

Folks said it was spontaneous combustion, or something--said it got hot workin' in the stacks.

I ain't so sure now.