r who was
always on duty during the bathing hour. "I'll bring him in to you. But,
anyhow, Bunny has him safe."

The guard, who had been on another part of the beach, had run up when he
heard Mrs. Slater scream, and now he waded out and brought Harry to
shore in his arms. The new boy was more frightened than hurt, and was
soon all right again, though he coughed a little because of the water he
had swallowed.

"Oh, Harry Slater, you were nearly drowned!" cried some of the other
children.

"Oh, he wasn't in much danger," said the life guard. "I'd have had him
out in another second or two. But, as it was, Bunny Brown got him out of
the water all right."

"How can I thank you?" said Harry's mother, as she gave Bunny a hug, all
wet as he was, for he and Sue, with many other children, had followed
the life-saver to shore when he carried the choking, gasping new boy.

"Oh, it wasn't anything much!" protested Bunny, who did not like a fuss
being made over him. "The big wave just knocked him down, and I picked
him up."

"He's a brave and clever little boy!" said several ladies on the beach,
and if Bunny had not been so tanned and sunburned he might have blushed.

"It was a big wave knocked him down," said Sue. "One of the steamer
waves. You have to look out for 'em! I saw him go down and I yelled."

"You were both very watchful of Harry," said Mrs. Slater. "Your mother
should be proud of you children."

"There's my mother now," said Bunny, pointing to Mrs. Brown, who had
come down with a number of other women.

Thus it was that Bunny, Sue and the new boy became acquainted and Mrs.
Slater also formed a friendship for Mrs. Brown. Soon the excitement had
passed and the children were in bathing again, while their mothers
either bathed, too, or sat on the beach and talked. Bunny and Sue liked
Harry, and you may be sure the new boy was very thankful to Bunny Brown
for pulling him up out of the water.

"Do they have bigger waves in the ocean than the one that knocked me
down?" asked Harry, when the three children were once more having a
good time in the bathing pool.

"Oh, I guess they do!" cried Sue. "He should see some of the big waves,
shouldn't he, Bunny?"

"Well, I'd like to see 'em," said Harry, with a laugh. "But I wouldn't
want to be knocked down by 'em--not if they were bigger than the wave
that hit me."

"The waves in the ocean are ever so much bigger," went on Bunny. "And in
a storm they're twice as big."