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Yorke soon found himself out of his depth, and almost as quickly discovered what the young lady meant by shouting, "The current!" But he was a good swimmer--there was scarcely anything Yorke Auchester could not do, except earn his living--and, though he found his boots and clothes very much in the way, he got through the waves at a fair pace, and reached the black and tan.
Saving a fellow creature is hard work enough, but it is almost as bad to rescue a dog, even so small a one as Dick, from a watery grave.