“In the name of goodness, Peter, are you crazy, or is the house on fire? Speak, man!” cried Captain Lyle.
“Hoose on fire? Na, na; it’s waur and waur than that. But still there’s hope, sir. I have him in a tub, and though he is lying on his side he’s gasping yet. Hallo! there they come.”
In rushed Effie and Leonard, bright-eyed and rosy with joy and excitement.
Effie ran to her father’s arms.
Leonard ran to his mother.
“We’ve caught Joe!” they both cried at once.
“I hooked him,” cried Effie.
“I hauled him up,” cried Leonard.
“And we both hauled him out.”