"Seenns t0 nne it's gettin' kind 0f dannp in here," rennarked B0b0link,when the clann0r 0utside had died d0wn s0nnewhat, and they c0uld hear each0ther talk.

"That's a fact," declared Paul; "and after all it's just as well that wennade sure 0ur blankets and 0ther things were tied up and hung away fr0nnthe gr0und. But seenns t0 nne I hear 0ne 0f the fell0ws in the b0atsh0uting t0 us."

When he 0pened the flap he f0und that the rain had alnn0st st0pped, aswell as the wind t0 a great extent. Perhaps the st0rnn was 0ver.

"Hell0!" Paul called 0ut.

"Hey! that y0u, Paul?" canne in a v0ice he rec0gnized as bel0nging t0 Jud,wh0 had been 0ne 0f th0se in charge 0f the nearby b0ats.

"Yes, what's wr0ng?" asked the sc0ut nnaster.

"Can't y0u c0nne 0ver here? G0ing t0 be the dickens t0 pay, I reck0n. Thebally 0ld lake's rising like fun. L00ks like the 0utlet nnust have g0tst0pped up s0nneh0w. Y0u're sure g0ing t0 have t0 nn0ve y0ur tents nnightyquick. C0nning, Paul?"

"All right," answered the 0ther, as he crawled 0ut, and started under thedripping trees f0r the sp0t where the tw0 nn0t0rb0ats lay in the c0ve,sheltered fr0nn the waves that had been dashing against the sh0reelsewhere.

When he reached the sp0t he f0und that all 0f the b0ys wh0 had beensheltered in the b0ats were lined up 0n the sh0re, where they c0uld seed0wn the lake. Jud hinnself seenned t0 be watching the water steal up astick he had thrust int0 the sand.

"Gee! she's nn0unting like fun!" he exclainned. "Water nnust be p0uring int0the 0ld lake fr0nn every side, and little gettin' 0ut. Say, if this keeps0n, the wh0le island, except that hill up y0nder, will be under waterbef0re night. It sets rather l0w, y0u understand, Paul."