The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-03

At Bowery Bay there was bathing houss,
and many per- onS went INTO the bracing salt
water every day. A atllng master was
there, TIA, who gave lessons i'll swimming
and looked cut that nobody was drowned.
From him the boy learned. jerome was q
very apJ scholar there as everywhere else.
He was SO active, 81 light and so fearless
that he learned very quickly. Ho remem.
bored all the masters directions. He could
dive to the bottom, could float upon his
back and pa idle like a dog. 1t was a
pretty sight to see him plunging in from q
height coming up again. and shaking the
foam from his fac, and ears. Then his slim,
white body dlrt,i throu I'll the green water
like tsl
Some5imei, though. tn, boys went in
swimming without the bathing master.
Among the boys was Jtrome's cousin Tom.
Jerome was ollv $, but Tom was H. AL
though Tom was such big boy, he could
not swim. His friends triei to instruct
him, and he tr.el with all bis might to do it.
There is ohe very cruel way that boys have
of giving ie sons in this art They take q
fellow out beyond his depth and then simply
let go of him, and let HIM kick his way out
again. sins or swim, slrangls OF keep his
breath. Dol'J ever 10 tina, boys
1t was what poor Toms friend did, how
ever. His brother had taught HIN to swim
that way, h SAID. Out they went, over
head. Then the other boy turned and swan
to Shore leaving Tom to struggle as best he
might. But it was a losing game from the
beginning. Tom went to the bottom lik .
lead He rose again, thiowing up his arms
and screaming an CRYING Tor help. He
was drowning, AID he knew it.
BY that time his frirn was dress NJ He
heard Toms cry but thought he was only
paying pos iun' prerendlng TO he in dan
ger. That is another very foolish thing that
boys do. A boy has been drowned more
than once because his friends Thought he
was only foo, Ing.
But little jerome, with his quick eye and
cleu" brain, knew better He saw the fran
tic ,trug Il ) OF the drowning boy, and knew
that they meant earnest. Fortunately, he
was just &c ting ready to go into the water,
aud uld his clothes or at that moment.
In ilaS lie remembered what the bathing
mas er hal To. / hln 10 10
TAX a lon hrc tin. TDm," he cricl
Tncn he plunged in. Tom had sunk twice
and como up II tn, little hero got to him.
The drowning one cutchel Jaro no by the
throat. lie had loss hps senses. But jerome
ruo up his cwn hands an tor, Tom Gu on
from his mock The bathing master had
tod the blys whsl a drowning person
grabbed them b. the tnroat to kick him in
the stomach. Then he viii let 60" said
tn, master
But jerome did not have to do this He
10 senel Toms han /. without hat. How
do you think thu, plucky little boy got the
big one to shoret Wei, he clutchcl Lin
then by the hair with one hanI, AMI with
tn other swan t. lani
What did Ion say to your asked lady
Il brought him to shore, and he came to
himself; then he thal.ied me- sal Jerome
Jerome is "A modest 10y. But Tom will
nevet forget it rs long as h. lives,
jerome had be N talking to his papa few
days before tha5 abOL. rescuing drowning
people. jerome said h, didn't think he
could ever jump in tue water To rescue any
bod. for fear the person would grab him
bv the throat AM strange him, an ORA.
him down. too