The dam's gone." "Gone?
What does it mean?
Where shall we go?
Is there danger ?" These questions came all at once from the two women.

The roar of the waters drowned their voices.
"Come quick! Get into my car.

It's only a step up the grade--we'll be safe on the upper level." They came, Mary Gage still with her bandages in place, stumbling, terrified, but leading the little dog, Tim, who cringed down in curious terror of his own.

Doctor Barnes hurried them, guided them, and the little car quickly carried them up the incline above the top of the dam.
They paused here at the first sharp curve under the lee of the cut bank, where they might take breath and look down.

There came up and grouped themselves near them and beyond them now several of the people of the camp, and practically all of the soldiers from the barracks, who fell into a stiff, silent line, looking down.