Angels and Women (1924)

TEBAH AND ITS INMATES 205spouts, clutching the clouds and roaring asif all the waters of the world were dashedtogether in a frenzy of destruction. Withpiercing shrieks the crowds turned to flee,but 1o! another horror--another flood hungabove the city, borne onward from the South--the Oceans of Death were closing abovethe valley. Paralyzed with fear and despair,all stood motionless, till a cry arose--"To the hills, to the hills l" Then up therocky steep they rushed--strong men andDarvands, delicate women, confused childhood,panic-stricken by the fear of imminentdeath. As the mass pressed madly on, manywere dashed over the rocks and fell shriekinginto the gulf below.Strange power of the human mind I Amidthe wild unreality of that tremendous scene,as in a picture surrounded by most terribleaccessories, I saw and recognized in the flyingcrowd some of the attendants of thePalace and other royal households. Onegroup impressed itself as vividly as the