But he came up and struck out strongly for the face of the girl, which was
all that could be seen above the surface.

Hazel Gray's hold was slipping from the branch. She was blue about the
lips and her eyes were almost closed. The current was tugging at her
strongly; she was losing consciousness. If she was carried away by the
suction of the stream, now dragging so strongly at her limbs, Tom Cameron
would be obliged to loose his own hold upon the wire and swim after her.
And the young fellow was not at all sure that he could save either her or
himself if this occurred.

Yet, perilous as his own situation was, Tom thought only of that of the
actress.




CHAPTER III

AT THE RED MILL


Helen, greatly excited, stood on the seat of the tonneau and cheered her
brother on at the top of her voice. That, in her excitement, she thought
she was "rooting" at a basket-ball game at Briarwood, was not to be
wondered at. Ruth heard her chum screaming:

"S.B.--Ah-h-h!
S.B.--Ah-h-h
Sound our battle-cry