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"Oh, father, he will be drowned!" cried Paula, rushing toward a canoe
which was drawn up on the shore. Before any one could reach her she had
pushed it out and was steering over the boiling current in Barry's wake.
But after a few strokes of her paddle she found herself driven far
out into the current and away from the struggling men. Paula had had
sufficient experience with a canoe to handle it with considerable ease
in smooth water and under ordinary conditions, but in the swirl of this
rough and swift water the canoe took the management of its course out of
her hands, and she had all she could do to keep afloat.
"For God's sake, men, get her!" cried Brand. "She will be drowned before
our eyes."
"Come on, Tom," cried Jim Knight, swinging another canoe into the water.
A glance he gave at the girl, another at the struggling men, for by this
time Barry could be seen struggling with the drowning Hobbs.
"Get in, Tom," ordered Knight, taking the stern. "We will get the men
first. The girl is all right in the meantime.


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