"Say, look at that; would you!" cried Phil, as they came in sight of the stream. "That's a flood all right!"
"I should say so!" remarked Tom. "Why, It's almost up to the doors of the boathouse, and it hasn't been that high in years!"
"Some water," agreed Frank. "I wonder if it's safe to go out? Look at that current!"
"Safe! Of course it's safe!" exclaimed Phil. "I've seen It worse."
"But not with so much wreckage in the river," added Tom. "Look at those big logs. If one of them even hit the barge it would smash a hole in it."
"There's part of a chicken-coop!" cried Sid, pointing to the object floating down the river.
"Yes, and there's half a cow-shed, if I'm any judge," went on Frank.
"The river sure is high," conceded Phil. "I did want to take a run down to Fairview, and see Sis, but"
"See your sister!" jeered Sid. "I know who you want to see down there all right," for while Phil's sister, Ruth, attended the co-educational institution, so did Madge Tyler, of whom Phil was very fond, and also Mabel Harrison, in whom Sid was more than ordinarily interested. Besides, there were "others."
