_"Fish!"_ Ramsey vociferated.

"I'll bet a hundred dollars there hasn't been even a minny in this creek for the last sixty years!" "There is, too!" said Heinie, bitterly.

"But I wouldn't be surprised there wouldn't be no longer if you got to keep up this noise.

If you'd shut up just a minute you could see yourself there's fish here." In whispers several of the tamed girls at once heartily corroborated this statement, whereupon the newcomers ceased to gibe and consented to silence.

Ramsey leaned forth over the edge of the overhanging bank, a dirt precipice five feet above the water, and peered into the indeterminable depths below.