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boat and held on with all our might to the
half-drowned George, who was as heavy as lead—
shall I ever forget? George was drawn up
into another boat and they took us in tow.
Lisa sat like a drowned rat and cried till she
choked. Then Massa began to cry, too;—and
so Ave came to the wharf.
For several davs af ter the rescue I couldn’t
go into the Street without people’s stopping me
and Avanting a full account of how it all
hap-pened. Really, it is quite trouhlesome to he
famous; but I like it pretty well, nevertheless.
When Mina and I met that stout,
lighthouse-Lisa on the Street next time, Ave couldn’t
im-agine Iioav Ave had ever been able to drag her
into the boat! But you mustn’t expect
grati-tude in this Avorld. Many a time since then has
Lisa come tiptoeing along af ter us on the
Street, tossing her head this Avay and that,
mim-icking us, to sIioav Iioav self-important Ave are!
And that after »Ave saved the stupid creature
from droAvning!
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