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122 men, who had evidently been engaged in either rescue or salvage work, in another part of the town, came rowing along the inundated streets toward the scene of the fire.

"Look!" shouted C. C. "Someone just jumped from one of the windows then! And there goes another!"

They all looked in time to see a body plunge downward into the water, and one of the boats swerved toward it. Those aboard the Clytie saw, a moment later, a woman pulled from the flood, and taken into the small boat.

At the same moment another body shot from a window of the first burning house, and this person, too, was rescued.

"After all, the water is a good thing," remarked Blake, as he hastily oiled the motor. "They couldn't jump on the hard ground, but the flood saves them, even if it does destroy their houses."

"They are certainly having their own troubles," observed Joe.

"We'll help them all we can!" cried the manager. "Get out some of the life preservers, boys, and the cork rings. It may be that we shall need them."

They had provided themselves with these appliances before starting off on their trip, and