The dog made a bound and seizing the squab sprang from the bridge and ran for life.

The girl and boy hurried after him.

With awful eyes Billy stared and swore tempestuously.

Elnora caught him and clapped her hand over the little mouth.

A delivery wagon came tearing down the street, the horse running full speed, passed the fleeing dog with the girl and boy in pursuit, and stopped at the bridge.
High school girls began to roll from all sides of it.
"A rescue! A rescue!" they shouted.
It was Ellen Brownlee and her crowd, and every girl of them carried a big parcel.