"Now, who's the robber?" laughed Dick. "But come on, you old turn about. We can't lose a minute now. Stick the end of your gun through the bottom of that boat."
"But dot vill spoilt it," remonstrated Fritz.
"That's just what I want it to do," said Dick, jabbing his gun through the frail craft nearest him.
Fritz poked the muzzle of his rifle through the bottom of another one, but in withdrawing it accidentally pulled the trigger.
"Och, oh!" he yelled.
"Fritz!" said Dick, sharply. "Have you hurt yourself?"
"Nein, I don'd guess so," replied the German boy.
"Good, for that at least," said Dick, thankfully. "Come on now, those fellows will be back here in a shake after all that racket."
The two boys hurriedly grasped the ends of the canoe, shoved it into the river and stepped into their new craft.