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The Rover Boys at School by Edward Stratemeyer
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joyfully. "Sam, tie it around you." Scarcely had the word left
the younger brother's lips than the tree upon which he rested
wobbled and went over, and he found himself thrown into the
foaming water.

"Pull away, all hands!" cried Dick, and hauled in desperately,
while Joel Darrel did the same. Tom was not equal to the task,
but contented himself with holding fast to Dick's coat, that his
elder brother might not slip from the rock.

It was no light work to get Sam up the first rise of the rapids,
but once this rise was passed the rest was easy by comparison.
They pulled in steadily, and presently the boy reached the rock
and came up, looking very much like a dripping seal as he
clambered to safety.

"Thank fortune, you are safe!" cried Dick when it was all over;
and Tom said "Amen," under his breath. Joel Darrel looked well
satisfied as he coiled up the wash line.

"It was a narrow escape," he remarked presently. "You want to be
careful how you try to cross the river at this point. What were
you doing on the tree?"

"I was after a thief," answered Sam, and then he looked at Dick
and Tom. "Where is he?"

"Gone," returned Dick.

"A thief!" ejaculated Joel Darrel. "Whom did he rob?"
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