Then, soberly, "It's the first time I ever had cramps, and I don't ever want them again! I thought I was a goner there for a while, Tom.

They caught me right across the small of my back and I couldn't any more move my legs than I could fly.

All I could do was shout and wiggle my arms a bit, and the pain was just as though something--say a swordfish--was cutting me in two!" Steve shook his head soberly.

"It--it was fierce, Tom!" "Serves you right! You had no business swimming way out there in water like that and scaring us all to pieces!" Tom was very severe as to language, but the effect was somewhat marred by the fact that he had filled his mouth with food.

Nevertheless, Steve took the rebuke quite meekly.