ISBN: 9783655210352

What is it, Rex, old boy? What are you after? Somebody else in trouble, eh?"Ross looked down through the pouring rain at his Airedale, who was pulling at his trouser leg with sharp, deter… Meer...

What is it, Rex, old boy? What are you after? Somebody else in trouble, eh?"Ross looked down through the pouring rain at his Airedale, who was pulling at his trouser leg with sharp, determined jerks. The dog looked far more like a seal than a terrier, his hair dripping water at every point, while a cascade streamed from his tail. The boy was every whit as wet. Here and there, through the slanting lines of rain, could be seen the smoky gleams of camp-fires, around which, shivering, gathered What is it, Rex, old boy? What are you after? Somebody else in trouble, eh?"Ross looked down through the pouring rain at his Airedale, who was pulling at his trouser leg with sharp, determined jerks. The dog looked far more like a seal than a terrier, his hair dripping water at every point, while a cascade streamed from his tail. The boy was every whit as wet. Here and there, through the slanting lines of rain, could be seen the smoky gleams of camp-fires, around which, shivering, gathered the hundreds of people who had been rendered homeless by the flooded Mississippi. The lad turned to his father, who was bandaging a child's wrist, which had been broken during the work of rescue."It looks as if I ought to go, Father," he suggested, "that's if you don't mind. By the way Rex is going on, there's something up, for sure."Go ahead, then, son," his father agreed, "the dog's got sense enough for a dozen. Watch out for yourself, though, and don't get foolhardy," he added warningly, as the lad disappeared in the darkness; "you've got to be right careful when the Mississippi's in flood. EBooks, Books~~Art~~Reference, Boy-with-the-U-S-Weather-Men~~Francis-William-Rolt-Wheeler, 999999999, The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men, Francis Rolt-Wheeler, 3655210353, MVB E-Books, , , , , MVB E-Books<