The Washington herald., 1911-08-27
Chapter Twenty-0ne
SEVERAL SURPRISES.

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E3HETHER Il was from oll's frantic cry
Nln or not, Abe York quickly rallied and
IHI sat upright on the boat,seat. OH
IHl seemed to be trying to look in every
0 direction at once, until. finding that
Abe had revived, he exclaimed:
IT never was so glad to see You IN my life!
Look, Abe, the Hutters' crowd is coming,
and they mean to lick us, or do something!
Nonsense, OIL, you are scared! They
wont hurt u.s., But how is Sam!
That boy showed signs OF revivng,
and Abe. made him as comfortable as posi-
bic in the bottom Of the boat, and began
to dash water into his face.
II wish Jay Noble was here-hurrah, l be-
By this time the other boat had got within
speaking distance, and one Of the party de-
aHiiioa! What air yer doin' there,o
ing, Ru3e DsrEe! ark 'I II is i hadn't been for me,
Sam would have drowned, and you would
have been the cause of it."
HUH Better put curb bit on yer tongue,
Abe York, if yer don't wanter take anuther
lIsI Better ; slip Zip Gut Of this" whispered OIL.
Il give you warning that I shan't take a
ducking pulling You out Of the river, Rufe
"Bet yer hat on thetl II ennybuddy goea
IN. it'll be yer. Come, hand over Sam, an
We'n take keer o. him now. Much obleeged
70 yer fer snakin' him QUITO the water. fer i
tayed us the trouble. l say, hand him over"
Not till he IA able and willing to come of
,9yn his Syn free will win look after Sam for
IssiH 4, !. WIN , VIZ S.,.1 Es.. n s; 81 s.ssss s
down onto ,em, hoysp " e'
Were done forl" cried on. "Row of,
Abe, for your life. or we're goners!"
Keep still. on We amt going to run
The irate boat party was rushing down
upon them with all the vigor they could mus
Ter, though Abe appeared undisturbed. He
was resting both hands on the oars, while
he calmly watched the approach of his as
~R,, pitch A. ,e@ % inter the river" shoused Ruie.
1t was evidently the speakers intention to
ASs The boat e e ss' they ns ;ssps s%.. 9.n
with one swift stroke Of his right-hand oar,
eent the clumsy boat spinning half-round,
1nst in time to escape collision with the
other other; Then most unexpected thing hap
Suddenly shifting their positions over to
victims. ths boat Of Rnfe Dsrke's 'It party
turned bottom up in the twinkling Of an
sye' sending ifs occupants, head first. into
"A scene followed that battles description.
Knowing they would be likely to swamp his
boat IN their struggles to escape, Abe rowed
on his oars TO watch the result Of the upset:
We will be ready to help. them, il any Of
them need it; but unless they do, Let 'em
swim for il. The bank isn't far of. !" I
As fast as they came to their senses enough
TO realize their situation, the swimmers struck
out for the shore. reaching it amid medley
OF sounds. There they paused long enough
TO shake their fists at Abe and on. Then
they plunged into the growth and disap.
'Well. that beats all have seem" said
Abe. as he turned to look at Sam Fiutters.
whp BY this time was sitting up in the boat.
!. In answer TO his rather incoherent ques-
tons. Abe told him what had taken place,
Sam listening with intense interest.
You're a brick. Abe York;" he admitted.
Il should "a thought yer'd let pe rink like q
rock arter ,whut I've done ag'in yer. Blame
them sneaksI IN put every one Of 'em
out'n my club. ] was Jess tellin, 'em whut
70 do an they up am knocked me over
board. Ii that my boatp
Sam seemed little the worse fox his ad-
venture, and. without further delay, Abe
rowed alongside the upturned boat, telling on
to lend hand in righting t.
When this had been done. and the water