Before going to the fishing grounds, granddaddy builds baby Grace a boat. They sail away leaving her in charge of her mother. The little girl asks her mother if she can go to the shore and sail her new toy. "Yes, but be careful, dear." So ...See moreBefore going to the fishing grounds, granddaddy builds baby Grace a boat. They sail away leaving her in charge of her mother. The little girl asks her mother if she can go to the shore and sail her new toy. "Yes, but be careful, dear." So off the child goes with her boat in her arms and her chum Whiskers, the dog, reluctantly pulling on his lead. She gets her toy in the water, the boat becomes unmoored and drifts away. Missing her baby by meal time, the mother looks out of the window out on the bay and discovers to her horror that the boat is almost out of sight, and the baby standing up waving her little arms for help. The mother frantically runs out to seek assistance; she dispatches a boy to the distant life-saving station, and in the meantime with the assistance of the priest and neighbors, builds a signal fire on a high rock, with the hope of summoning her husband and father. The fishermen see the distant fire and row back to shore; the frantic mother tells of the accident so they stumble hack into their boats and row off to seek the child. In the meantime the boy has given the alarm to the lifesavers who launch their boat in record time and row with mighty strokes to the rescue. They save the child and dog and transfer them to the fishermen; the baby is taken home. On returning to consciousness she asks plaintively, "Where is my doggie?" The dog is returned to her arms and happiness reigns. Written by
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