“The road's doing all it can, gentlemen.”
“That's a whole lot, ain't it?”
“We are cut off,” said Holt, helplessly. “Everything's tied up tight.”
“You can wire, can't you?”
“Yes, I can wire; I have wired.”
“Well, where's the relief train, then?”
“It's at the Junction.”
“It's going to do us a lot of good there, ain't it?”
“They'll send it as soon as they can get together a crew.”
“Stir them up again, Holt Tell 'em we got to have that hose and those engines, or the town's gone. It's a matter of life and death.”