"I'm changing one group of men to another section," went on Colonel Wiljohn, "and the work I want you to do today is scout-flying in a ten-mile radius over the flood country below the forks of the Pea River and the Choctawhatchee. You'll have to locate the forks by chart, that section's been under water a week. And Hal, search every creek that leads in--I--I'm depending on you more than any of the others--to find--" The Colonel turned away suddenly.