corua turned and sped swiftly to the far end
of the shelf, near where we got the water for our supper, and, without
an instant's hesitation, leaped far out into space."

"Oh!" exclaimed the girls shudderingly.

"The body of the chief dashed from rock to rock, finally dropping into
the lake which you saw as we came up. Then a strange thing occurred.
The white settlers finally conquered the Indians; then they brought in
their stock and began to graze them. But after that every animal that
drank from the lake died. It came to be known as the 'Lake of the
Poisoned Waters.' The Indians declared this to be the revenge of the
Great Spirit."

"How strange!" pondered Harriet.

"A number of scientific men, passing through this section years
afterward, unraveled the mystery. They say that the lime formation of
the rocks, through which the water seeps into the lake, has poisoned
the water. But you cannot make an Indian believe that."

"Ith thith a fairy thtory, or a really-truly thtory?" demanded Tommy.

"It is only a legend, Tommy," was Miss Elting's smiling reply.

"It has been a most interesting story," nodded Harriet. "I love Indian
folklore."

"Girls, it is time for you to turn in," reminded Miss Elting.

"I don't like such stories before going to bed," objected Margery. "I
know I shall have the nightmare. Oh!"

"We will roll you over if you do," answered Jane. "There's nobody but
ourselves to hear you, either, so you may yell all you please, and----"

"No!" protested Tommy. "If Buthter yellth I'll yell, too, and wake up
all the retht of you."

"Then you'll be attended to then and there," Jane warned her.

"You let me alone. I will let you know when I get ready for your
thervithes. You needn't go on talking about me, either. You make me
nervouth, ath Buthter sayth."

Janus began his preparations for the night. These consisted
principally in taking each girl's rope and securing it to his own belt,
which he had taken off for the purpose of making the ropes fast to it.
They watched him with keen interest.

"Just a precaution," he explained. "If any one of you moves in the
night I shall know it."

"My grathiouth!" shuddered Tommy, "ithn't it exthiting?" She made a
ridiculous face at the guide's broad back.

The girls tried hard not to laugh, but Margery giggled audibly,
bringing a frown from the guardian. Tommy, however, declared that she
would not roll up in her blanket, that she would fold