Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 514
held him.Dick Lee forgot that he was an impartialjudge. Come on, Nancy! he shouted. Hart! Hart! Sea View answered. Spurt, Nance! Spurt! Bob, up therealone in his room, beat out the stroke withclenched fists. Faster now! Faster, girl. But it was Hank who spurted. Bob sawhim speed up his already… … • BOB, FROM HI.S WINDOW, WATCHED WITH ANXIOUSEYES aching and her feet felt heavy. She wonderedhow far ahead Hank was. The race must bealmost over. She had swum two miles insteadof almost two hundred yards. She must knowwhere he was. Eight more strokes and shewould risk raising her face to see. She…
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