ggled to get a good hold on Andy
and to keep Andy from disabling him by his blind grappling of Jack's
limbs.

When at length Jack's head came above water, there was an audible sigh
of relief from all the on-lookers. But the danger was not over.

"Let go of my arms, Andy!" cried Jack. "You'll drown us both if you hold
on that way. If you don't let go I'll strike you."

Jack knew that it was sometimes necessary to stun a drowning person
before you could save him, where he persisted in clutching his
deliverer. But poor frightened Andy let go of Jack's arms at last. Jack
was already exhausted with swimming, and he had great difficulty in
dragging the little fellow to the raft, where Will Riley and Pewee Rose
pulled him out of the water.

But now, while all were giving attention to the rescued Andy, there
occurred with Jack one of those events which people call a cramp. I do
not know what to call it, but it is not a cramp. It is a kind of
collapse--a sudden exhaustion that may come to the best of swimmers. The
heart insists on resting, the consciousness grows dim, the will-power
flags, and the strong swimmer sinks.

Nobody was regarding Jack, who first found himself unable to make even
an effort to climb on the raft; then his hold on its edge relaxed, and
he slowly sank out of sight. Pewee saw his sinking condition first, and
cried out, as did Riley and all the rest, doing nothing to save Jack,
but running up and down the raft in a vain search for a rope or a pole.

The school-master, having seen that Andy was brought out little worse
for his fright and the water he had swallowed, was about to put on his
boots when this new alarm attracted his attention to Jack Dudley.
Instantly he threw off his coat and was bounding down the steep bank,
along the plank to the raft, and then along the raft to where Jack had
sunk entirely out of sight. Mr. Williams leaped head first into the
water and made what the boys afterward called a splendid dive. Once
under water he opened his eyes and looked about for Jack.

At last he came up, drawing after him the unconscious and apparently
lifeless form of Jack, who was taken from the water by the boys. The
teacher despatched two boys to bring Dr. Lanham, while he set himself to
restore consciousness by producing artificial breathing. It was some
time after Dr. Lanham's arrival that Jack fully regained his
consciousness, when he was carried home by the strong arms of Bob
Holliday, Will Rile