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"Whew!" he gasped, taking off his coat and wringing some water from it. "That was some jump! I had to do it, though!" WOO HE GASPED TAKING OFF HIS COAT AND WRINGING OUT SOME WATER FROM IT THAT WAS SOME JUMP I HAD TO DO IT THOUGH
hat he had not a chance to stay on the trestle when the train passed over it. "He'll be killed!" cried Mollie. "Oh, Betty, what can we do?" "Nothing, if he really is killed," answered the practical Little Captain. "But he jumped like a man who knew how to do it, and how to dive. The water is deep there." "Come on!" cried Amy, for once taking the initiative, and she darted toward the bank of the stream. "There he is!" cried Betty. "He's come up!" As she spoke, the man's head bobbed into view, and, giving himself a shake to rid his eyes of water, he struck out for the shore. "Oh, he's swimming! He's swimming!" Mollie exclaimed. "We must get him a rope--a plank--anything! We'll help you!" she called, and she ran about almost hysterically. The man was now swimming with long, even strokes. He seemed at home in the water, even with his clothes on, and the long jump had evidently not injured him in the least. He reached the bank, climbed up, and stood dripping before the four young travelers. OCCURRED SUDDENLY AND THE MAN MUST HAVE MADE UP HIS MIND QUICKLY THAT HE HAD NOT A CHANCE TO STAY ON THE TRESTLE WHEN THE TRAIN PASSED OVER IT HE'LL BE KILLED CRIED MOLLY OH BETTY WHAT CAN WE DO NOTHING IF HE IS REALLY KILLED ANSWERED THE PRACTICAL LITTLE CAPTAIN BUT HE JUMPED LIKE A MAN WHO KNEW HOW TO DO IT AND HOW TO DIVE THE WATER IS DEEP THERE COME ON CRIED AMY FOR ONCE TAKING THE INITIATIVE AND SHE DARTED TOWARD THE BANK OF THE STREAM THERE HE IS CRIED BETTY HE'S COME UP AS SHE SPOKE THE MAN'S HEAD BOBBED INTO VIEW AND GIVING HIMSELF A SHAKE TO RID HIS ICE OF WATER HE STRUCK OUT FOR THE SHORE OH HE'S SWIMMING HE'S SWIMMING MOLLY EXCLAIMED WE MUST GET HIM A ROPE A PLANK ANYTHING WE'LL HELP YOU SHE CALLED AND RAN ABOUT ALMOST HYSTERICALLY THE MAN WAS SWIMMING NOW WITH LONG EVEN STROKES HE SEEMED AT HOME IN THE WATER EVEN WITH HIS CLOTHES ON AND THE LONG JUMP HAD EVIDENTLY NOT INJURED HIM IN THE LEAST HE REACHED THE BANK CLIMBED UP AND STOOD DRIPPING BEFORE THE FOUR YOUNG TRAVELLERS
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