CHAPTER II
A MISSING DOG
After the first crash, the sudden stop, and the terrified cries, a silence followed that was almost as startling and nerve-racking as the accident had been.
Then benumbed senses gradually came back to their owners, and the passengers began to take stock of themselves and their surroundings.
"Is anybody hurt?" demanded Mr. Pertell, as he surveyed the interior of the car.
"We seem to be all right," replied Mr. DeVere, hoarsely, as he noted where his two daughters were standing together, their arms about each other.
"Py gracious, dot vos a smash, all right!" exclaimed Carl Switzer, the comedian of the company. "I pelief me dot I haf busted"
"Not your leg—don't say you have broken your leg!" cried Mrs. Maguire, as she clasped her two grandchildren in her arms. Nellie, the
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