Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-04

ipu spoke UP Tor me IKE q brlCk,
DonNl,' and Calob's coarse, honest
face lighted up with an aifectionato
fmiloj u thank you, but must 20.
II viii come 10 your room this
afternoon, said Dcnzil "t'm going
back to the others now, but l think
/ shall have something 20 say 10 You
then that will alter your feSlings.'
The two boys shook hands warm
"; Denzil returned TO tho party ON
tho lawn, while Caleb went 10 the
carriage house whore his bicycle was.
and mounting it rode away at great
speed.
Dcnzil Graham had invited q nun.
Der Of boy and girl friends 90 spend
part OF the vacation at his fathers
place, the Mil Farm, situated in a
beautiful little valley among the La
comic mountains. Among others no
had asked his classmatc, Caleb Or
ton, TO come. Poor Caleb had few
friends, but Dcnzil had learned to
know what sterling good fellow
there was hidden under The boys I'm.
couth exterior, and no believed that
tho rest Of the party would soon
como 10 like him as warmly as he
himself did. But tho result hnd hecl
quito contrary 10 Dcnzil's eXpcctp-
tons, and Caleb's first week at Mil
Farm had been one Of the unhnppicat
Of his life.
For Il few moments as Caleb rode
along the silent country road his re-
Elections were worry soiTowful; then
gradually he forgot his own troubles
in q discovery which hc believed Ia
had made a day or two before. Thp
Mill Farm had received It's name
from tho saw mill which stood some
distance from the house, ON the baui
Of the brook which ran through tho
midst Of tho valley. Half u min
above the dwelling n heavy stone
dam had been built acrosphc stream
making a pond OF some hcrrs in cx
tent, which supplied power TO IA,
mill. Riding about the country nlon,
on his bicycle, Caleb had found thi'
dam and had visited It frequently
There had been a heavy rainstoin
at the beginning OF the wccl; and Ga,
water ia tho pond had risen 90 th'
very brink Of the dam, The slfuc
turo was old, aud tho pressure of IN.
water had started a number of seams
in the masonry. This was Caleb
discovery.
lie had spoken Of this to Mr.
Graham, who had laughed ut IN
fears. saying that tho old dam ha,
lasted fifty years and would last ni
other lfty. But Caleb had not bcci
satisfied. 10 had made q journey e
the pond every day aud had socl
that the cracks IN the wallwcfc SURF
" growing wider, willie the escaping
water was increasing in quantity. Oh
the previous afternoon hc had fouul
n new crack In the stoncwork. uca
the middle, from which Il small Ton
rent was rushing. Though Nj
Graham certainly out 90 know best
Caleb felt uneasy about 1t. He wa
sure there must bo danger Of the Oh
wall crumbling away.
When he reached the pond, au,
leaving his bicycle in the rou
climbed down 10 the foot OF tho dam
he was startled first hyei loud rom
ing sound and then 10y the sight OF
mass of brown wutcrpoming througl
large gap IN tho wall which ha
not been there on the day before
Wide cracks scanned the masonry il
every direction. AS he rested hi
hand against the stones he felt thcr
uCmble as under n succession O
heavy blows
While he stood thcrc ughast thcr
came a loud report and anuthercrac
opened In Che wall from top 20 bot
tom Almost az the slmc moment
hugo block Of musouIy fell out, fo
lowed by a tremendous rush of W,
ter Every instant smaller piece
crumblcd down and new jets Of W.
ter burst forth. The dam was going
Poor, slow Caleb stood olutching
sapling, wondering what he ought t
do. Ho knew that the Mill Earn
dwelling was ip the very center d
the narrow valley and II this gioa
mass of water We're 10 rush dow
upon il suddenly It must surely /
swept away with all in or near It,
In the midst OF his doubt and tel
ror another section of the wall CAV
way, and driven by blind impuls
Caleb climbed tho bank, mounted hi
bicycle and raced down the road lik
the wind. Behind him he could hea
the deepening roar of the water, an
az no turned into tho gate at Mi
Farm, shaking with fatigue an
alarm, there came q dull, heav
boom that seemed 20 shake the pont
The dam had given wayl
A number Of the boys and girI
were sitting upon the porch He di
not pause TO see who thoy We're, bu
mounted the steps, shouting;
"Thc dam the daml 1t has burst
Run for your lives"
In moment all was confusion
/ Girls, boys, servants and inmates Ia
hithcr and thither, crying ont !
vague terror, and utterly incapabl
OF caring for their own safety.
Caleb seemed tsbo the only on
there with presence of mind Raj
ius his voice above the uproar, IA
shouted;
"Run forthc topof thehilll Quick
don't wait for anything
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