Bob was alarmed when he saw the horse go overboard, dragging the sulky with the man clinging to it after him.
He saw the horse go down out of sight. The rear end of the sulky remained above water, but the man dropped over the front, and he, too, disappeared.
Bob waited for a moment in breathless suspense. Then he saw the horse come up and begin to struggle wildly.
Where was the man? Second after second passed, and still he failed to appear.
“Perhaps he’s caught in the sulky and can’t rise,” thought Bob. “He’ll be drowned if he stays under much longer.”
Suddenly the youth saw something which filled him with horror.
It was one foot of the man, which stuck up through the left sulky wheel.
“He’s caught sure,” burst out the youth. “Unless I help him he’ll be drowned.”
The horse was still struggling madly, and the water all around was churned into foam.
Bob approached the brink of the creek and watched eagerly to see if the man would show any sign of life.