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Once or twice the boys took Barry with them 

 when they were going swimming. But as soon as 

 he saw them splashing in the water he grew very 

 much excited. He was afraid they were drowning. 

 He almost drowned one of the boys himself by go- 

 ing in after him, catching him by the arm, and 

 dragging him to the shore in spite of his struggles. 

 After that the boys left Barry at home when they 

 were going swimming. 



But Barry was to have his tale of a saved life. 

 One time, o^it in the country, the baby of the 

 family had run away from her nurse. She was 

 playing at throwing sticks into the water. The 

 water was a mill stream and very swift. 



• Again and again Barry caught the child by the 

 skirts and drew her away from the shore. At last 

 the child grew angry. She was about to throw a 

 stick in the stream when Barry caught her by the 

 skirt again. 



The child turned and struck at him. That made 

 her lose her balance. She fell backward into the 

 water with a great splash. 



Instantly Barry plunged in after her. He caught 

 her by the frock and swam against the stream that 

 swept down toward the mill wheel. The bank was 



