But Tom was not cut out for a human fish and soon gave it up.

Roy Draper learned fairly well.

He tried to induce Harry to join the class, but Harry preferred to stay with Tom and look on from the floor.
When winter set in, Steve's class increased in numbers until in January he was conducting the natatory education of more than two dozen fellows.
It was Mr.Conklin who arranged for an exhibition the latter part of the winter and Steve was very proud of his pupils' work on that occasion.

It was held one Saturday afternoon and everyone attended, including even "Josh," more formally known as Mr.Joshua Fernald, the principal.

There was fancy diving and swimming, a short game of water polo and all kinds of races, beside which Steve showed some six or eight different strokes, swam the length of the tank under water and performed other quite startling feats to the delight of his audience.