They seemed to close in on him, and by the sound he judged the cap'en was just abreast of him in the gig, bearing down upon him in the fog.

He slipped out of the dingy into the water without a splash, and struck out for the breakers.

He got ashore after havin' been knocked down and dragged in four times by the undertow.

He had only one idea then, thankfulness that he had not taken the baby with him in the surf.

You kin put that down for him; it's a fact.