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The telephone exchange was jammed as calls flooded in to mobilize the Boy Scouts, the Red Cross, the Salvation Army, the National Guard, and the Volunteer Flood Control Association. THE TELEPHONE EXCHANGE WAS JAMMED AS CALLS FLOODED IN TO MOBILIZE THE BOY SCOUTS THE RED CROSS THE SALVATION ARMY THE NATIONAL GUARD AND THE VOLUNTEER FLOOD CONTROL ASSOCIATION
wildly successful. The Scientist released it from its box at seven o'clock in the morning. People living in the hotel thought the world had come to its end. The rest of the town wondered if it was a riot, or an earthquake, or both with three steam calliopes thrown in for good measure. David, who lived twelve blocks from the hotel, stirred in his sleep and dreamed he was riding a fire engine. Even the Phoenix claimed later that a kind of moan was borne on the breeze all the way up to the ledge. The hotel burst into activity like a kicked anthill. People poured down the fire escapes, shot out through the doors, lowered themselves into the street with ropes of knotted blankets. Others barricaded themselves in their rooms by piling furniture against the doors and windows. One guest found his way to the cellar and hid in an ash can for two days. The manager crawled into the office safe and locked the door, without even bothering to remember that he was the only one who knew the combination. NTLY THE WAIL WAS WILDLY SUCCESSFUL THE SCIENTIST RELEASED IT FROM ITS BOX AT SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING PEOPLE LIVING IN THE HOTEL THOUGHT THE WORLD HAD COME TO ITS END THE REST OF THE TOWN WONDERED IF IT WAS A RIOT OR AN EARTHQUAKE OR BOTH WITH THREE STEAM CALIOPES THROWN IN FOR GOOD MEASURE DAVID WHO LIVED TWELVE BLOCKS FROM THE HOTEL STIRRED IN HIS SLEEP AND DREAMED HE WAS RIDING A FIRE ENGINE EVEN THE PHOENIX CLAIMED LATER THAT A KIND OF MOAN WAS BORNE ON THE BREEZE ALL THE WAY UP TO THE LEDGE THE HOTEL BURST INTO ACTIVITY LIKE A KICKED ANT HILL PEOPLE POURED DOWN THE FIRE ESCAPES SHOT OUT THROUGH THE DOORS LOWERED THEMSELVES INTO THE STREET WITH ROPES OF KNOTTED BLANKETS OTHERS BARRICADED THEMSELVES IN THEIR ROOMS BY PILING FURNITURE AGAINST THE DOORS AND WINDOWS ONE GUEST FOUND HIS WAY TO THE CELLAR AND HID IN AN ASH CAN FOR TWO DAYS THE MANAGER CRAWLED INTO THE OFFICE SAFE AND LOCKED THE DOOR WITHOUT EVEN BOTHERING TO REMEMBER THAT HE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO KNEW THE COMBINATION
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