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From a bank where they sat watching came a proposal from
William.
"I'll tell you fellows, I believe if we could build a dam we could catch
them. Gather stones and pile them up till I get my shoes off."
Instantly both boys obeyed. Mr. Tower and William stripped their feet, and
rolled their trousers. Into the creek they went setting stones, packing
with sod and muck, using sticks and leaves until in a short time they had
a dam before which the water began rising, then overflowing.
"Now we must wait until it clears," said William.
So they sat under a tree to watch until in the clean pool formed they
could see little fish gathering. Then the boys lay on the banks and tried
to catch them with their hands, and succeeded in getting a few. Mr. Tower
suggested they should make pools, one on each side of the creek, for their
fish, so they eagerly went to work. They pushed and slapped each other,
they fought over the same stone, but each constructed with his own hands a
stone and mud enclosed pool in which to pen his fish.


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