The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-17

| the rock, III have to get back to
the cabin and get the bunch round
ed up so we can start for home, so
won't wait for you. You know
the way to camp. You don't mind,
do you?
Dan Takes Tumble.
why, of course not" laughed
Dan, and with a CHEEKY "so-long"
! Ned set off up the shore.
Using his hiking stick as brace,
Dan climbed the clay embankment.
He was almost within reach of
the peculiar stone when--his foot
missed its hold in the crumbling
clay! He tumbled backward TO
the pebbly shore of the creek.
Hardly has he landed with a
thump than his attention was quick
ly attracted TO the whirlpools OF
Barker's creek.
To The Rescue!
Help! Help! The rapids!
Help"
Dan looked. II was Bert and
Nudge in the canoe, wild-eyed and
shouting.
AS he looked the canoe, pitching
from side to side in the rapids,
dangerously scuffed a projecting
rock. A crash The rock had torn
the canoes side!
Dan thought quickly. He jump
ed to his feet. He grabbed his coil
of rope. One end he held in his
left hand. With the other hand he
swung the coil over his head and
let fly toward the sinking canoe
and its occupants. AS the rope
swished. Dams heart was in his
mouth. Would the line reach the
two boys? And If it did, would he
be able to pull them to the shore?
lie shouted loudly for help.
Chapter vi.
Dan, With Aid Of Ned, Rescues
The Paddiers; Cheered
AS Dan Goodman's calls for help
rang up and down the shores of
Barker's creek. they fell upon the
ear of Ned Fox.
Ned, puzzled, turned and looked
back along the shore. He saw Dan
frantically pulling on rope which
seemed to be attached to some
thing in the middle of the creek.
Realizing that Dan must be des-
in need of assistance. Ned
speeded toward him He arrived
none too soon. The tug of Nudge
and Bert as they held to the rope
and were tossed about in the foam
Ing rapids. was too much for Dan
alone.
Ned Assists Dan.
Ned grabbed hold of the rope and
together they tugged with all their
might till Bert and Nudge had been
dragged from the treacherous
stream to the pebbly shore, where
they lay exhausted from exertion
and fright
Dan and Ned bent over Bert and
Nudge.
How do you feel, Bert?" asked
Dan.
I-I-I'll be all right in min
ute,' gasped Bert, and then after
4 pause as Dan bathed Berts brow
where he had been badly scratched
by a Jutting rock, Bert added, SAY,
Dan, I'm sorry called you a stuck
up"
Bert Tells Story of Rescue.
Dan said nothing, but continued
o clean the wound.
Little Nudge had been damaged
10 more than Bert. A bad soaking
md Bert's scratch seemed to be the
,xtent of the harm.
Back at camp. while Bert and
didge hung their clothing over
ire to dry, they told the story OF
heir experience
Bert, with an occasional word
rom Nudge, told how the two of
hem had decided that the would
md their day on the creek with a
wifi ride through the rapids. He
old how, when the canoe had
truck snag at the very start of
he ride, they had become excited
nd lost their paddles Then he
old how the frail craft had crash
d into a stone and been ripped.
A Cheer For Dan.
When he told of Dams quick work
a the rescue. the admiring eyes of
II the members of the Kit Carson
Tub turned on Dan. He blushed
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