A foot above the water was a large knot and a swell in the trunk of the tree. Teddy climbed above this, and sat astride of it, clasping the trunk in his arms. He was at first inclined to treat the accident with bravado, and he waved a hand above his head and shouted; but the sight of Reddy floating towards the rapids froze his utterance and paralyzed his arm.
It was plainly impossible for his comrade to swim to the shore—he was too near the dangerous fall—but he hoped he might reach the jam in the middle of its crest.
[to be continued.]
AT THE SEA-SIDE.
A Suggestion for a Summer Entertainment.
BY CAROLINE A. CREEVEY AND MARGARET E. SANGSTER.
Characters:
| Charlotte Howard. | Grace Everton. |
| Victoria Mason. | Helen Sayres. |
| Ida Moore. | Miss Sommerfield. |
| Olive Brandon. | Miss Daisy James. |
| Madge Fuller. | Captain Jake. |
Scene.—A summer-house on the beach, in front of the Mattewan Hotel.