Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-08-31

going for the boat
"No time to talk. Good by,
Barry :
Sine Hopkins felt great sob ris
ing M he struck out for the shore,
and il was every bit IA much on
Barry's account IA on his own, but
he had 10 choke il down.
"Straight swimming now. and no
nonsense. How plainly l can see
the city!
That is, he could see the steeples
OF II, some two miles from the shore
he hoped to reach; aud below them.
he knew, were the roofs of houses,
and under the roofs of two Of those
houses were Barry Gilmoie's mot her
and his own.
Steadily, regularly, without a
motion too much or phil too hard
for he was thinking very closely
what it was best TO do in such a
case-Sime swan on, until dull
feeling in his arms warned him of
coming weaiinpss.
"On my back now for a few rods.
tn change the work, and rest me.
| can see the boat, lint | can't see
Barry. The wind liz blowing harder
All that time, however. Barry
had been doing precisely what his
friend had done, only that he had
watched more anxiously the in.
creasing ripple on the water.
"Shr isn't so very far" he had
said to himself, at first. IL do " isb
Sine had come with me. He can't
reach that shore, swim his best
lt'll G an awful thing to tell
A couple of minutes later he was
muitering: "That was harder
puf. How she does DRIFT! Seems
to me ] don't get an inch nearer.
IL II blows much harder III have
to follow her 10 the upper end of
the lake"
That was nearly six miles away,
and the thought of it made the
warm wafer he was swimming ia
seem several degrees colder. Bar.
rvs lips closed hard, and his teeth
set against each other, and b-
measured his every stroke to make
il tell. Then bis turn came 10 try
II "back swim aud a rest and he,
too, said: ~ can see the city aud
the shore, hut | can't get a glimpse
of Sine. There! isn't that his head!
that black thingi Guess it is;
it's moving. Yes, it's him.
at was, indeed the back of Shines
head, but the boy under it was say.
ing to himself: The shores as far
away IN il ever WAS. Id no idea
VIZ bad padded onl such a distance.
Reach IN | will reach it. Never
SWAIN so far in my lite, but | must
reach it,
Still it was getting to he weary
work, and before him lay what
seemed All intermiuable reach of
gtittering ripptes. He was breath.
ing hard, his arms aud legs were
moving with less force than at first,
aud his progress through the water
WAS slower and slower.
"Can do iti It's got to b~ done.
I'll tread water u moment for n
Grange. Ican't see Barry. Hurrah!
it's hr shalluws.7
As he dropped his feet they came
down upon sn"Oth sand, for all that
end of The bake was n gentle slope
from the beach. The water was no
TO his neck, but the bottom WAS
there. aud Shines heart bounded
with n great throb of relief.
"Barryf must wade in fast
now. No boat when get there;
no help
Ii WAS n fOrlOrn outlook, and
Slime even thought for 4 moment of
all his clothing away out there IN
the skiff. Thrn he thought OF Bar
~ Gilmore and hardly anything
else, until the Increasing sballowness
of the water enabled him to wade
faster, aud then 10 brake into what
WIS almost run. II Was y great
splash AT all events, and Slime was
quickly shouting to some one or
the beach n halt GREATNESS account
of Barry's danger.
"Why didn't We wait for the oarsi
! was a.cOmin' down with 'ein.
Wanted n swim myself. aud thought
I'D fool ye little. WHAT Barry
a.swimmin' after the skif. THERE'S
jim Bnrr's boat. Quick! jump in"
sits locked
"WeIl, III just unlock it.r
The key Purdy used WAS of lime.