Excerpt: ... He rushed back in to the room. "Come on, 'Mandy!" he yelled. "Git the children! Hustle into what clothes you can! We've got to skip! The dam is going out! Quick now!" "Warn the others nearest you!" Jack cried, as he turned Sunger away from the house. "I'm going to ride on down below and give the alarm." "I will!" the man answered. "You've probably saved our lives!" A woman could be heard crying, and children were screaming in fear within the house, but Jack could not stay for that. There were others to warn. On ...
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Excerpt: ... He rushed back in to the room. "Come on, 'Mandy!" he yelled. "Git the children! Hustle into what clothes you can! We've got to skip! The dam is going out! Quick now!" "Warn the others nearest you!" Jack cried, as he turned Sunger away from the house. "I'm going to ride on down below and give the alarm." "I will!" the man answered. "You've probably saved our lives!" A woman could be heard crying, and children were screaming in fear within the house, but Jack could not stay for that. There were others to warn. On he rode, going past without pause the few houses near that of the man he had first called. Jack depended on him to give the alarm to his neighbors. But the lad called at other cabins, repeating his warning. Some folk he had difficulty in arousing, but the news soon spread, and in a short time the whole settlement was on the alert. As Jack knocked on the door of the last house, farthest removed from the upper end of the settlement, he heard far off a dull boom like the reverberation of an explosion. "There goes the dam!" cried Jack. "Now the flood will come!" But the people had been warned in time. They had no chance to save anything save their most easily-carried belongings, and with these they fled to high ground. The noise Jack had heard was the breaking of the dam, and a little later a great wall of water swept down the narrow valley. It carried everything before it, sweeping away the frail cabins in its path. But there was no loss of human life, thanks to the brave pony rider. Jack wished he could stay and help the unfortunates, but he had other duties. And, anyway, the residents on the higher ground, who were in no danger, came to the relief of their neighbors. Houses were thrown open to those whose homes had been swept away, and the refugees were given clothing, food and shelter. The flood did not last long, for the reservoir was soon emptied. But in that short time it did great damage; that is comparatively great, for the cabins were...
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