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when &quot;Jim,&quot; throwing off his coat, boldly plunged into 

 the seething, surging waves. A few strokes brought 

 him near enough to lay hold of the collar of the drown 

 ing dog, but owing to the helpless condition of the 

 latter he could not make much progress on his return to 

 the boat. Owing to the increased violence of the storm, 

 we now became aware of the alarming fact that we 

 were slowly but surely falling to leeward, and our 

 fears now became excited for Jim s safety also. We 

 shouted to him to abandon the dog and save himself ; 

 but the gallant fellow would not do it. By letting the 

 sail fall and using the oars w r ith desperate energy, we 

 were enabled to hold the boat in a stationary position, 

 so that Jim, swimming with one arm and aided by the 

 waves, succeeded, after a desperate struggle, in coming 

 alongside with the dog. I soon pulled them both in, 

 and we all applauded &quot;Jim&quot; for his manly daring; 

 but to this day &quot; Jeff: &quot; swears that I pulled the dog in 

 first ; but this however, I can never bring myself to 

 agree to. 



ASA WALL. 



