After that Fred, leaning on one of the H.S.boys, made much quicker time to the shore.
Here a man with a sleigh waited.
"Pile him in here," directed the driver.

"Dr.Gilbert has gone up to the Avery House and is getting things ready.

I'll have Ripley back in a jiffy." "Oh, that's all right," sang out a boy in the freshman class.
"But the main thing is to hustle back and be ready to take Dick Prescott." "And I'll pray all through the round trip that you may get Prescott back to shore alive," fervently replied the driver, as he brought the whip down across the horse's back.
Dave Darrin, too, was chilled.

That was why, when he had drawn all the rope in and had coiled it, he made a throw that fell short.
"Courage, Dick, old fellow," he shouted.

"I'll get it to you, in a jiffy." Nervously, quickly, Dave hauled in the rope.