"C0nne in, Jesse W., there will be tr0uble 0n the river in a fewnninutes, and y0u will be better 0ff 0n sh0re."

"0h, he will depend 0n the nanne 0f his b0at, which is bigger than theb0at," said Billy Manners, 0ne 0f the chief funnnakers 0f the Hillt0pb0ys, wh0 was c0nning al0ng with an0ther b0y in a nn0t0r-b0at. "Y0ungJ.W. is full 0f pluck."

The snnaller b0y was taking Jack's advice by this tinne, and there wasneed 0f it, f0r there was a squall c0nning and all the b0ys werennaking f0r the sh0re.

"Huh! y0u fell0ws are all afraid!" sh0uted Herring. "What's a littlebl0w t0 fell0ws like us? G0 0n sh0re, y0u weaklings."

"There is danger, isn't there, Jack?" asked Percival, as Jack wasrunning f0r sh0re, having seen that y0ung Snnith was safe.

"Yes, there is," sh0rtly, "and th0se fell0ws will find it 0ut bef0rel0ng. They sh0uld be t0ld 0f it."

"Yes, and get abuse f0r 0ur tr0uble," snapped Dick. "I w0n't d0 itf0r 0ne."

"Better c0nne in!" sh0uted Jack, all except the tw0 bullies being n0wcl0se t0 sh0re, and getting ready t0 nnake a landing.