"I'm saving your lives," cried the fat boy.
"Saving our lives?" cried Ned. "Go shake the alkali out of your eyes."
"Yes, you'll fall in and drown."
"In what?"
"In the river. Don't you see the river right there in front of you?" queried Stacy, his eyes fairly beaming with importance.
"No, I don't. If there was a river there you'd be the first one to fall in, and don't you forget that."
"What's this? What's this?" inquired the Professor, approaching.
"It's a river," answered Stacy solemnly.
"A river?"
"Yes, sir. Don't you hear it roar? Wish I had a boat."