The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-08-27

! wW reach it. Never sw..,
my IN, !ife ;. but Imust reach it IT, 8 ish
Still it was getting to be- WA.
and before him lay What - 'ss weary s@
t te reach Of yli,ter;;nnee mi.
he was breath nc hard, his y npls
at first and his progress III tb, ,eies As
water was slower and slower OossA IT,
"Can | do it? It's cot IT, ,
II tread water moment for " , o e, aaas
shailows."' '''n' II lbs
! AS he dropped his feet th.,.
down upon smooth sand. for s N CAM
end of the laNe was gentle 's a. al tha
the beach: The water was s no :. tlea
neck ne but the bottom w,s II .S.s 70 hi
of relief. ' s'e& hrot
" Barry? Unjust wade in f.,.
No boat when get there; No h ts,s les
. 1t was a for!orn outlook. '' .Sa :.
even thought for a moment Of Is a, S' q.
clothing away out there in " ia al as
Then he thought Of Barry G q ,,s 'iif:
hardly an, thing else. until the s jne,s I'D
iny shs|lowness of the water s m os'';
him to wade faster, and then t ,' sse
into what was almost a run. i i rs
great splash at all events. and a x y
was quickly shouting to Soma ma. ~. slns
the beach half breathless acco Us !,
Barrv's danger. "'''"AE d
/ "Why didn't ye wait for the o,n, ,
was a-comin' down with EN-. w.,
a swim myself, and thought I'd f t"a "a
q little. What. Barry a.swimm;n' M Wy =
the skitf? There's jim BuT's ave- s's'
Quick. jump in" 90 ' ''as.
"lt's locked" tH@ G4. .-4
''Locked? Well, III Jest unlocl !. ,
The key Purdy used was Of limes,oss,
and it may have weighed trs't,
pounds. 1t "opcned jim B,r;ss..j
lock Tor good and all, while Sine ",
getting in: and then how Purdv a, A.
row: ="
"We'll be too late" " In 5
''Shat up, Sine. Don't talk n ~.
1t S jest awful" r g...a.l ,'' '''
1t came very near it. for Barry C7
more brave, earnest face Was cett;s.
white when he at last d, scoyered i thatSs
was really drawing nearer the runsv :,
boat. ,"s", '''s
The wind is rising. I'm alma
gone. Couldn't swim two rods ,rthe,1
Yes, the wind was, indeed, blown,
harder, but the direction OF it had bs.,
! for some time chan !ing, as it is ant !,
do before summer storm. The br
"suriace current of air had lost i,
breath, and the stronger blast vhiI
was really to bring the cloud and r,a
was coming from the other wsv, +
was the skitf it caught and carel
along, and Barry hardly I'M Ierstood i
"Pm swimming pretty fast vet, i
/ spite of everything. Wish / knew
about s me. Just little further"
Oh. how difficult were those last Iev
strokes! When Barry family irsstsj
one hand upon the gunwale Of the skif
it required a great effort to lift the ahs
beside it. las
81 can't climb in, now I've got her,
What shall l do?"
! OF course he could not have climbet
! in, if he had been obliged to lit him
self all the way up, but every ounce .
weight he put upon the side Of the DO.
brought it down further and turtle,
until it was hardly twoinches abovsth
rOughening water.
",Now for it," All the strength h
had lett went into that last effort, On,
then Barry was lying on the bostom .
the boat, with his wet head on the shin
ing front of Slime Hopkins shirt
i bosom. ral .fa.ti5rs# 10 l,aa4
-. He did not try to guess how long h
lay there. Even after be could 6av
moved, he had no heart to lit his .hes
and look toward the shore. At last
just after he had covered bis eyA Wit
both hands. there came upon his ear
the sound OF oars, as il some very zeal
Gus rover were pulling for > prize il
some regatta, and behind that sount
was another. as if some fellow ia sud
denly burst out CRYING. a,'d saits'aa
A heavy bump against tae dds o.
the skiff. .a5 IL All iff
"Here he is! Oh, Bary!'
| "Sime.i is that you? Doa'tlay 3
word, Sime-I can't .ai,..i i.,a,a
It was some lite time before either
Of them could say much; but ~ had
both learned j,st about how II tlAe!
I could swim; and old Purdy e tAefe n
! his stolen boat, his, rough tiss " Y one
redness and radiance. NJ AN \ even ~ he
could find 10 say was III a. ,.,a..
! "Ain't l glad, Jim Burr won't nl M
. my Dustin Of his. locka mite; oat ~
m;f him onothpr Hdrpefi6 slOunii