She struck out with her hands, and found herself rising. Her lungs
seemed ready to burst for want of air, for she had not had time to
take a full breath.
Then her head shot up out of water, and she could breathe. She shook
her head to get the water from her eyes, and saw Paul striking out
toward her.
"I'll get you!" he cried, and then he uttered an exclamation of
horror, for a log of wood, coming down stream, struck Alice on the
head, and all grew black before her.
She felt herself sinking again, and tried to strike out to keep her
head above the water, but it seemed impossible. Then she felt herself
grasped in a strong arm, and she realized that Paul had come to her
rescue.
At the same moment she dimly heard, in her returning consciousness, a
voice crying something from the opposite shore.
CHAPTER X
THE BARN DANCE
Alice fought back with all her strength the inclination to faint, and
forced her brain to compel her body to do its work. She did her best
to aid Paul in the rescue, but he was having a hard struggle. For
Alice was rather heavy, and her feet, entangled as they were with the
fish line, were of no aid. Then, too, the blow on her head had not
been a light one, though it developed later that her heavy hair had
prevented the log from bruising her.
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