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The Mayor of Lakeport purchases a pulmotor to revive persons apparently drowned, and installs it in the fire-engine house, subject to the call from any citizen, "first come first served." ... See full summary

The Mayor of Lakeport purchases a pulmotor to revive persons apparently drowned, and installs it in the fire-engine house, subject to the call from any citizen, "first come first served." The news of this valuable adjunct for security by the waterside has scarcely gone around when Jimmie Higgins, a poor boy who goes in swimming and gets beyond his depth, is unconscious when dragged to the shore by his fellows. Their efforts to revive the boy being futile, a doctor who rushes to the rescue declares, "Nothing can save him but the pulmotor." One of the boys dashes off to the engine-house and informs Mike, in charge of the instrument. Coincident with this, several miles down the lake, Walter Greer, the son of the Mayor who was sailing a sloop with a party, is caught in a squall and Walter is caught under the sail. He is final it rescued by his companions, but seems to be drowned and in a state of unconsciousness is rushed to shore in a motorboat. His father, well-nigh distracted, goes to ...