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mend 54. IN THE SUNK LANDS. bank, and landed with a smash right in the dugout. In an instant we were struggling in the cold water. ‘ Bl-r-r-r !” spluttered Sammy, as he came up. The dugout floated serenely down the stream, bottom up. ‘“Waugh-waugh !” I stammered, expec- torating several mouthfuls of by no means clear water. The buck tossed his head viciously and swam directly for us. ‘Don’t let him hit you with his feet!” shouted Sammy ; ‘‘ they'll cut like knives.” Tam a good swimmer, but burdened with rubber boots that I could not shake off, my movements were laborious. He was almost on me when I dived, and, witha few strokes under water, came up below him and near Sammy, blowing pretty hard with the exertion. ‘“This is fun,” he growled. .‘‘ We kain’t climb these muddy banks with wet clothes on afore he'll git us, an’ the rifles air at the bottom o’ the bayou. I wished the dogs were y——_" The buck charged on us again and we. EComicbooks.com