The Red Cloud chief., 1881-09-08
A LONG SWtN.

~ w. 80
enough .
II lost fismcn, a. clapS1srt
about four feet long. AMI With no holsc
to il. Nobody coald guess how 1t got
there. bat in thrve minutes maru the
clumS, Fat bottomed XII wa br'nt
SLOWLY propelled away from the bcayh.
out toward the deeper water oil The
lake.
Sine Hopkins aud Barry Gilmore
hal reached. to jUd: - from the rcm1Fk'
they made. ,htt precise point IN their
aquatic practice when oar common
small boz long shore swimming ~ a
thing To bc looked down upon. anil y
lake 81 some size. ar \ section ot The
Atlantic. wa, rod for am fun of
theirs. The day WAS warm. he water
~ srp'cth n. n pane oi glass. AMI there
was a faint haze oVer the SAY. The
very nbicl Of a div for a PERFECT 80 "a
The boaf. too. hal evidently been built
for IL She was brual capISA not 10
tip too easily II YOU worc climbing n.
and the wide seat al each end was jdst
the arrangement for diving
This ii do. Slime. lity 80 didn't
bring an anchor"
w ttff y ~ htiiAAfb wv Nv va
here How far are We from shorc
''Don't know. NAV bo rs half a
mile. Maybe its more Could you
swim it2'
.'Guess not. Barry. Perhaps ! could
But ! don't care To- try. Not un'e-s the
boat came along \ fellows legs might
| give Out. or he might take a cramp"
Nv legs would peg out, sure. long
before ! got there
They were a yery good pair for a boy
o. ittHcn. and in u omeu more they
were in the mir. n be- sprang from the
stern OF the boat. and went in. capital v
well. head first
THAT was n good header" shouted
Slime. I'm coming"
Come he Il a, and thew found the wa
ter Iust about right for them. Not a
trace 81 a chill in il. i'm spite 20 the lac
that the lake Wa largels supplied from
the bottom. Out there. of course. there
could be NO weeds to catch their feet In.
and there was very little to be suggested
by way Of Improvement
Pore We get too tired. Barr. lets
try n longer swim
Come on. Only don't let's 90 too
far
They were headed toward the shore.
and they were not looking. back. when
Barry exclaimed: There's a ripple.
SINE. The wind : rising.
barry. look at the boat
shes drifting out. The wind : of
shore"
The boys looked nj each other for n
moment with very serious faces. but
they were brave fellows. and there was
no time for hesi,at on.
she isu't so very far. Slime"
But she's drifting. No telling how
far she'll go. We muS,n't risk II.
Shore : too far. Can't DO It. We
can catch the boat"
The winds rising. Barry"
"Chpo,e. Slime shore or boat.
Shore for me. Choose for oursc'f
See how she drifts
You can't reach the shore. Sims.
Besides. | want my clothes. I'm going
for the boat"
Mo time to tals. Good-by. Barry"
Slime Hopkius felt n great sob rising
a. he struck out for the shore. AMI Il
Wa eyery bit ~ much on Barry's sc-
count "a on his own. but he hal 90
choke il down.
Straight swimming now. and M
nonsense. How pla My can see the
city"
That il. he could see the stseples Of
IL. some two miles from the shore he
hoped To reach. and below them. he
knew. were the roofs 81 houses. and un.
der the roofs az two OF those house.
xereB Barry G'.mores moihe, and bus
own.
Steadily. regularly. without n notion
~ much or n pull too hard-for be wp
thinking very closely whai 10 Vas bed
to do in 81 h q cnse-Sims swan IN.
until n duh feeling in hts aims warned
him Of coming WEAKNESS
.Oh my ba K now for = fe~ rods
IN chauze tue work. and rest me. I
can sse the bon, but ! q see Barry.
The wind is bioSing harder"
All that time. however. Barry bal
been doing precisely what bic friend
lad done. only that he had Watched
more anxiously the increasing ripple on
the water.
-she ism, 80 very far" he had said
TO himself. at first II do wish sine
had come With me. lie can rssrh
tha, shore. s.im his best It'H b. m
awful thing 10 tell
A couple Of minutes later he Ma
mu,,ering: That Was \ harder puff
/ How she does dit' Seems 90 me ]
don't ge; an inch nearer. IL IL bloxs
much hanie- III have To follow her 70
the upper end of the lake
That vas nszriy sir miles s~zT. and
The thought of it made the ~arm water
he Was swimming an seem several de-
yrees colder. Bsrys lips closed hard
and his teeth st aysins. each o:hsr.
and he measured bis every stroke to
make IL tell Then his urn ezaae %
try . back Ssim and = rest" and be.
! too. sid Il can see the shore anil the
cts. but I ezn's get . glimpse of SINE
There, isn't that his hesdS-tkat black
thing, Cues il ID; as moving. Yes.
IL him.
II was. indeed. the back Of Shines
head. bu; the boy under il was ssyinz
10 himself: The shores a. far a~ss
n il ever wzs I'd No hea are bad
padded out such 4 distance. Reach Il,
/ ein reach il. Never swan 20 far In
mr. life, but I mas reach IL"
Still Ts ~ns getting 10 be veay work
and before him hy what seemed an IN
~,erminabie reach Of giittering ripPissL
He v.s breathing bard his arus and
legs were mosing with less force than
n frst. and his progress through the
water vas slower a slower.
Can I do IL? Ifs got 20 Be done
I'll tread water q moment for > change |
{ cant So Barry. Harr.h. is The
shadows
As he dropped his feet they came
down upon smooth sand. for al that
snd Of the lake was = gentle Stops ffuu
The bssehl The water Was ug % his |