"Riverview lads this way!"
"Over here, Waterside!"
"Ready for a rush!"
"Sweep 'em off their feet!"
These were the rallying cries that followed the momentary lull in the fighting. The students, who had their second wind, were preparing for a rush that might have had serious results, when suddenly there came a deluge of water. A spray of white shot into the air amid a puffing sound and descended in a drenching shower on the fighting crowd.
"Gee! it's raining!"
"Wow! I'm soaked!"
"It's the fire engines! They're turning the hose on us!"
These yells were substituted for the battle cries. And it was true, two powerful fire engines were squirting heavy streams on the belligerents.
It was the most effective measure that could have been taken. The chief of police, summoned by spectators of the big fight, and knowing that with his few men he could not cope with hundreds of excited students, had thought of the fire apparatus.