"Now we're in for it!" said Joe, as the room was emptied, and the aroused groups trudged east on the crunching snow.

Then, after gazing long into the flames, she lifted her head to the harsh crunch-crunch of a moccasined foot against the flinty snow granules.

There was a swishing sound; then a sudden crunching jerk and the rope tied to the girder began to writhe and twist like a live thing.

There was a light crunching noise from the opposite side of the room.

There was a horrible crunching sound as of bones and flesh being ground into pulp.