CHAPTER XXIII

DAVE AND THE FAWN

"Sam, do you think he will live?"

Over and over Henry asked the question as he and the old frontiersman worked over the inanimate form they had brought to shore from the waters of the river.

"Hope so, Henry, but I can't tell yet," was Barringford's answer. "We'll do all we can, and trust the rest to God."

Both worked with a will, doing whatever they thought was best. Barringford held Dave up by the ankles and allowed much of the water to run from the unfortunate's mouth, and then they rolled the youth and worked his arms and rubbed him.

At first it looked as if all their efforts would be in vain, and tears gathered in Henry's eyes. But then they saw Dave give a faint shudder, followed by a tiny gasp.

"He's comin' around!" shouted Barringford, in a strangely unnatural voice. "Praise Heaven for it!"

But there was still much to do before Dave could breath with any kind of regularity, and they continued to rub him and slap him, while Barringford forced him to gulp down a small quantity of stimulants brought along in case of emergency. Then a fire was started up, and later on Henry brought over the youth's clothes, for to take Dave across the stream was out of the question.

For over an hour Dave felt so weak that neither of the others attempted to question him. Both helped him into his clothes, and gave him something hot to drink, and made him comfortable on a couch of twigs and leaves.

Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.

1. Dave
2. Barringford
3. Henry
4. the waters of the river
5. "do you think he will live?"
6. yes
7. worked his arms and rubbed him
8. Barringford
9. Heaven
10. no
11. no
12. rub and slap him
13. stimulants
14. in case of emergency
15. started a fire
16. his clothes
17. over an hour
18. weak
19. no
20. a couch
1. Who was held upside down?
2. Who held him that way?
3. who is with Barringford?
4. where did they find Dave?
5. what question did Henry keep repeating?
6. did he?
7. what else did they do besides the upside down hold to bring him around?
8. who yelled that he was coming to?
9. who did he give credit for this?
10. could Dave immediately speak?
11. was his breathing immediately ok?
12. what did they keep doing to him?
13. what was he forced to drink?
14. why did they have those?
15. what did they do to provide warmth?
16. what did Henry bring Dave after a while?
17. how long did they wait to start asking Dave things?
18. how did he feel during this time?
19. did he dress himself?
20. what did they make for him to lie down on?