sake, paddle!"

"They are up again! One of them is. It's Barry. The other is gone. No,
by Jove! he's got him! Hold on, Barry, we're coming," yelled Tom. "Stick
to it, old boy!"

Swiftly the canoe sped toward the drowning men.

"They are gone this time for sure," cried Tom, as the canoe shot over
the spot where the men had last been seen.

"Not much!" said Knight, as reaching out of the stern he gripped Barry
by the hair. "Hold hard, Barry," he said quietly. "No monkey work now or
you'll drown us all." Immediately Barry ceased struggling.

"Don't try to get in, Barry. We'll have to tow you ashore."

"All right, Jim," he said between his sobbing breaths. "Only--hurry
up--I've got him--here."

Knight reached down carefully, lifted Barry till his hand touched the
gunwale of the canoe.

"Not too hard, Barry," he said. "I'll ease you round to the stern.
Steady, boy, steady. Don't dump us."

"All right--Jim--but--he's under the water--here."

"Oh, never mind him. We'll get him all right. Can you hold on now?" said
Knight.

"Yes--I think so."

"Now, for God's sake, Tom, edge her into the shore. See that little eddy
there? Swing into that! You'll do it all right. Good man!"

By this time Knight was able to get Harry's head above water.

In a few minutes they had reached the shore, and were working hard over
Harry's unconscious body, leaving Barry lying on the sand to recover his
strength. A long fight was necessary to bring the life back into Harry,
by which time Barry was sufficiently recovered to sit up.

"Stay where you are, Barry, until we get this man back to camp," ordered
Knight. "We'll light a bit of a fire for you."

"I'm warm enough," said Barry.

"Warm enough? You may be, but you will be better with a fire, and you
lie beside it till we get you. Don't move now."

"There's the other canoes coming," said Fielding. "They'll make shore
a little lower down. They're all right. Say, she's handling that canoe
like a man!"

"Who?" said Barry.

"Why, Miss Howland," said Fielding. "She was out after you like a shot.
She's a plucky one!"

Barry was on his feet in an instant, watching anxiously the progress
of the canoes, which were being slowly edged across the river in a long
incline toward the shore.

"They'll make it, all right," said Knight, after observing them for a
time. "Don't you worry. Just lie down by the fire. We'll be back in a
jiffy."

In an hour they were all safely back in camp, an