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He had had a shower bath in jail, but nothing since and now he would have a swim! The water was warm, and he splashed about like a very boy in his glee. Afterward he sat down in the water near the bank, and proceeded to scrub himself soberly and methodically, scouring every inch of him with sand. While he was doing it he would do it thoroughly, and see how it felt to be clean.
They have swum farther than that along the shore." So the others went away with no fears. Hope said afterwards that she never swam with such delight as on that day. The water seemed to be peculiarly thin and clear, she said, as well as tranquil, and to retain its usual buoyancy without its density. It gave a delicious sense of freedom; she seemed to swim in air, and felt singularly secure.
But what he said, if put by the side of the words of the order to the army, that "the remedy for political errors, if any are committed, is to be found only in the action of the people at the polls," all this ought to open even the most obtuse intellects. O for new and young men to swim among new and young events! Oct. 11.
David was a first-rate swimmer, and would not have had much difficulty by himself in stemming the current, and landing through the surf; but Harry, though a sailor, had not learned that art before he went to sea, and could swim very little. It is extraordinary how many sailors in those days could not swim, and lost their lives in consequence.
The swim back to the boat was in water 'too warm, but refreshing, and ended with a dive under the boat for the pure pleasure of the thing. Then, as before arranged, Bauro was revisited on another part of the coast, where Iri was ready with a welcome, but Diddimang appeared no more.
"Very kind of you indeed," Hamel remarked, "very benevolent." Mr. Fentolin sighed. "So few people have any real feeling for sailors," he continued. "The fishermen around here are certainly rather a casual class. Do you know that there is scarcely one of them who can swim? There isn't one of them who isn't too lazy to learn even the simplest stroke.
"We were headed in that direction, and we have come almost far enough to put us somewhere over the Atlantic, off the Jersey coast." A look of apprehension was on the faces of all. But Tom's face did not remain clouded long. "We won't try to swim until we have to," he said. "Now, let's take an account of stock, and see if we have any means of getting out of this prison."
Yes, there are certainly troops there." "Then I see no way for it but to make a small raft to carry us across, Miss Kingston. I am a good swimmer, but the river is full and of considerable width; still, I think I can get across. But my boy cannot swim a stroke." "I know where there is a boat hid in the wood near the river," the girl said.
"Of course I want you to go, and have a nice time," Cora explained, "but I don't want you to upset. You should wear a bathing suit and be ready to swim in case of a spill." "Oh, I couldn't do that!" exclaimed Lottie, rather shocked. "I am going with Clem." "Well, I hope Clem will put you in the very bottom of the boat, and not trust to a seat. Even a big cushion is wobbly," finished Cora.
A pillar of smoke rose straight in the still air, and beyond it, gleaming among the trees, Bessie saw the white sides of three or four tents. Astonished, she called Zara. "They're not from around here, Zara," she whispered, not ready yet for the strangers to discover her. "Girls around here don't swim it's only the boys who do that."
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