... About sixteen years ago, I had just left Fort Sill where I had delivered to the army a loading of different goods...

... I was a retired soldier. The war was over since already six years and I was approaching fifty. So I found a job as a carrier, which was relatively well paid because of the inherent risks involved...

... Then some weird things happened. It started with a series of detonations, like cannon shots, followed by a sudden blast of wind that I can hardly describe...

... Then tree branches began to fall from the sky. I could hardly hold the horses, even if they had been trained to endure the noise of guns...