Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 25
ed to the bank and plunged in. Spell-bound I watched his efforts, for I knew Iwas much too far away to be of aid, and that allnow depended on the hardy country lad. He dis-appeared for a second beneath the tide, and thenhis swift strokes proved that he was a good swim-mer. Very quickly he caught up… … hopeless to try to stem the current. Running asI never ran before, I followed, reached the bankwhere there was an eddy in the stream, sprung inup to my waist, seized them both as they driftednear me, and dragged them to solid ground. Bobsey was conscious, although he had swal-lowed some water, and…
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