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Somebody come quick!" "What is it?" shouted Mr. Carr, thinking from the tones of Mr. Tarbill's voice some one had fallen overboard. "That boy! That awful boy!" replied the nervous man. "What about him? Is he overboard? Which side? I'll throw him a life-preserver!" "No, he isn't overboard! He's up there! On the mast! Oh! Suppose he falls! My nerves are in such a state! This is an awful shock!
"And I'll have to stay here all alone?" "That's what you will," answered Captain Spark shortly, for he was beginning to tire of Mr. Tarbill's cowardice. "Oh, dear! What shall I do?" exclaimed the nervous man. "Come along with us," suggested Bob. "I'm afraid." "Then stay on the island. That won't sink," said the captain. "I'm afraid of that, too."
Then, thinking perhaps the man might be partly drowned, the young castaway began to put into operation as much of the directions as he remembered for restoring partially drowned persons to life. He had not worked long before he saw Mr. Tarbill's eyes open. Then the nervous passenger began to breathe better. "Where where am I?" he asked faintly. "You're safe," replied Bob. "On an island with me.
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