Beaufort Chums

Excerpt: “The river is coming up at the rate of an inch an hour!” announced Mr. Miller, reading from the evening paper. “At one o’clock it was eighteen feet, and reports from the north indicate the highest water ever known on the Upper Mississippi.” “Hurrah!” cheered Ned, who was sitting on the porch steps, waiting for supper, and had heard through the open window. “Why, Ned!” rebuked his mother. ...