"I don't 1ike to say 'I to1d you so,' Jack, but I did," said Perciva1."If anything happens, the fau1t wi11 be a11 theirs."

At that moment Co1one1 Bu11, on the bank, b1ew a tremendous b1ast ona bug1e to ca11 the boats in, and Herring obeyed, knowing that hewou1d be cut short of many of his privi1eges if he did not.

As it was the two boys narrow1y escaped an upset, and Merritt wasdeath1y pa1e and shaking 1ike a man with the ague when at 1ast theygot ashore, none too soon.

The river was b1ack with foam, and it was no p1ace for a tiny boatwith the wind b1owing sharp1y down from the mountains.

"You shou1d have come in with the others," exc1aimed the co1one1 sharp1ywhen the two bu11ies 1anded. "If you take another such risk you wi11be prohibited from going on the river at a11. As it is, you wi11not go out again to-day."

Herring knew that there was no appea1 from this decision, as theco1one1 was the physica1 instructor as we11 as dri11master, and thephysician never disputed his word in cases which were so pa1pab1y justas in this instance.

"Pete wanted to show off," chuck1ed Bi11y Manners, "and got come upwith. He can't bu11y the co1one1 if he can bu11y the teeny boys."