“I’ll save him,” he thought grimly.
Catching the brace in both hands, he planted his feet against the side of the tank.
Then he strained and tugged for dear life.
At first the brace, which was screwed on, would not budge.
But finally it parted with a snap which sounded unusually loud in the water.
Delbier still clung to it, and so Leo brought both brace and drowning man to the surface together.
By this time a crowd of helpers and performers had gathered.
“What’s the matter?”
“Hello! Delbier has a cramp!”
“See how he holds to the brace!”