Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 439
sh and a shriek as we begin push-ing each other off into the clear water, and soonheads are bobbing up on all sides of the raft aswe dive (and splash!) like veritable mermaids. Follow the leader! cries Jean, and, poisedon the edge of the spring-board, raises her gleam-ing arms for a dive. See! She… … TAKEN IN A SECOND. BY EVELYN REINHOLD, AGE 14 others are gaining fast. We are half-way be-tween, and still she leads! Arms flash out of theblue water and Jean looks back for a momentto see how close we are. Now another girl haspassed her, and in three strokes has touched theraft! We all climb up,…
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