Against heavy odds, a tale of Norse heroism, and A fearless trio . on, flashed through his brain,and again he struck out boldly with armsand legs, and sent once more a searchingglance round about. Suddenly he caughtsight of something gray slowly rising throughthe water; it thrust against one of the outersubmerged ledges of the iceberg, and re-mained stationary. With a couple of vigor-ous strokes Olaf swam toward this gray object,caught hold of it, and was in a dim way con-scious that he had Harry in his arms. Buthis senses were reeling; he swam blindly,hardly knowing whether he was going upwar
Against heavy odds, a tale of Norse heroism, and A fearless trio . on, flashed through his brain,and again he struck out boldly with armsand legs, and sent once more a searchingglance round about. Suddenly he caughtsight of something gray slowly rising throughthe water; it thrust against one of the outersubmerged ledges of the iceberg, and re-mained stationary. With a couple of vigor-ous strokes Olaf swam toward this gray object,caught hold of it, and was in a dim way con-scious that he had Harry in his arms. Buthis senses were reeling; he swam blindly,hardly knowing whether he was going upwardor downward. Strange flashes shot beforehis vision, and a kind of luminous greencataract seemed to be descending upon yet he swam, and held with a convulsiveclutch his precious burden. Suddenly heseemed transported to the air, and sailingwith a wild speed through the infinite , with a blissful sensation of drifting on o warm radiant clouds, he lost still he was in a sort of vague, remoteway resolved not to lose hold of GRIM HERING LUCK HAD HAULED THEM BOTH FROM THE WATERAT THE CRITICAL MOMENT. A Fearless Trio. 219 When, at last, he opened his eyes, he foundhimself lying on the deck of the ship Bal-der, and Harry was lying beside him. GrimHering-Luck, it appeared, had hauled themboth from the water at the critical moment,just as Olaf, more than half unconscious, roseto the surface with Harry in his nearly half an hour they had now workedwith them (according to the rules of resusci-tation), Magnus especially rendering aid, eventhough his heart was bursting with was also standing by, working one ofhis brothers arms up and down like a pump-handle, while he vainly strove to smother hissobs or to arrest the tears that were coursingdown over his cheeks. Harry, too, beforelong seemed to be making an effort to openhis eyes, while the energetic Magnus wasblowing into his mouth and trying to estab-lish an artificial re
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