e enough to feel solid ground under his horse's
feet, and a few moments later was safely ashore and riding hard along
the bank, parallel with the stream. By this time Ling had swallowed a
considerable quantity of water, and his lungs were already half-full; it
was evident, therefore, that in a few minutes the fellow would sink for
the last time. But Frobisher was now abreast of him, and a few seconds
later he sighted another low place in the bank where he could re-enter
the stream. Urging his animal to top speed, in another moment he was
plunging down the bank into the water. The plunge submerged both horse
and rider for the moment, and when Frobisher's head again appeared he
saw Ling's body swirling past him in the strongest part of the current.
Another moment and Frobisher had drawn the man to him, hoisting his head
clear of the water on to the peak of the saddle in front of him. He
then steered the horse to the bank, and was fortunate enough to be able
to regain solid ground without further mishap. He lowered Ling
carefully to the ground, dismounted himself, and, after securing his
horse by the bridle to a convenient tree, set about the task of
restoring the half-drowned Korean to consciousness.

Frobisher had had a good deal of "first-aid" experience during the
period of his service in the Navy, and he therefore knew exactly what to
do. Laying the Korean flat on his back, he knelt on the ground astride
of the body, seized both Ling's wrists in his hands, and then proceeded
to move the man's arms slowly backward and forward from a position right
above his head forward to the sides of his body, and then back again,
thus actually pumping air forcibly into the lungs.

After a few minutes of this treatment Ling began to show signs of
returning life, and before long he opened his eyes, coughed chokingly,
and then rolled over on his side, vomiting up the water he had swallowed
and coughing it out of his lungs as well. Then Frobisher completed his
work of restoration by administering a sip or two of brandy from the cup
belonging to his emergency flask, and a few more moments later Ling was
able to stagger to his feet.

Then, and not until then, did the Korean appear to recover his full
faculties and recognise who it was that had saved him from a watery
grave.

The Korean licked his dry lips and, carefully avoiding looking his
rescuer in the face, stammered out some kind of thanks to his master for
saving his lif