"Then you'd better not jump into the water again."
"I don't mean to," said the young man, smiling. "Where did you learn to swim?"
"In the East river."
"Where's that?"
"New York."
"Look here, gentlemen, where do you want to be carried?" asked the boatman.
"Back to Cincinnati. I'll pay you for your trouble," said the young man.
"I was goin' on an explorin' expedition to Kentucky," said our hero.
"You are too wet; you must take another day."
"It ain't any wetter on one side of the river than the other."