Boof! boof! boof! bang! came the muffled sounds from without.
"The harder it howls now the sooner it'll get over it," answered Dallas, piling on more wood.
Lancaster lit his pipe. "Danged glad Ah got t'baccy."
Hey! hey! yelled the storm.
Marylyn looked up from a book. "Sounds as if men are outside," she said. "Listen!"
They listened, straining their ears.
Something thumped the warped door. They started up. A moment, and a thread of light came through the gap above the latch.
"They is!" cried the section-boss.
A cheer replied. A sharp command was sung out to them. "Keep back! Out of the way!"
Again the door was thumped; then great pressure was put upon it. It opened, letting in a half-dozen men and a wide path of warm sunlight.