Part 26 (1/2)
”Under those rocks! We chucked our guns there!” called Bluff, pointing out the spot, in his eagerness to help
Will hastened to thrust the beloved camera into the cavity that lay beneath the rocks, and Frank, nothing loth, also pushed his rifle into the same place Then it was ludicrous to see how quickly they e into the river
Their immersion did not coarments were on fire in several places, and did not doubt but that his ownall around theht,” said the irrepressible Jerry, ju current
”All I know is that we are in luck to have this blessed old river handy,” said Frank, within his voice, as he watched the fire flash fro its course
”Yes, it's a queer world Only a few days ago it cait,” remarked Jerry
”The fire doesn't seem to jump across the river,” observed Will
”No; and I don't think it will, unless the wind changes quickly,” said Frank
”But it seeet to our camp inside of an hour or two What d'ye suppose they'll do with all the duffle?” inquired Bluff uneasily
”I' way off, and find a refuge a the rocks, if necessary; but I'et to him,” replied Frank
”Do you believe the ill shi+ft, then, and blow back on us?” asked Will
”I'm not a wind prophet What I had in ot three miles from here”
”Put out! Do you mean to say they've a fire department up here?”
demanded Will
”Why, certainly; but it doesn't cost the, and the water cohed Jerry
”Oh! I see nohat youto rain!”
”Hear! hear He's tumbled to it at last! Soet out a special dictionary for Will, so he can find the answers to conundruy,” declared Bluff
”That's the penalty every genius has to pay,” remarked Will composedly
Every now and then the boys were compelled to duck their heads beneath the surface of the river, for the heat becaone by on the wings of the furious wind, things began to change a bit for the better
”Say! don't you think weout of here now?” deether with the chill of the mountain stream even while the air was still heated around them
”I suppose it will be safe, and we can stand the heat if it will assist to dry our clothes Though for that h and through again before we get to cahty unhealthy, I think Such rapid changes always encourage dangerous ailments,” remarked Will, whose father, now dead, had been a physician
”All the same, I know several felloere very e a little while back,” asserted Jerry
They crawled out on the bank Will, of course, ht for the rocky niche tohich he had castin the river
”Good! Everything is all right, boys! Not a bit of dae done, that I can see!” he called out