he canoes on purpose, so they'll have more use
of them themselves," she thought ungraciously, "and it's not
because I can't swim at all. That was a safe rule to make when
I'm the only one who can't swim. And they're my own father's
canoes!"

Gladys edged a little farther out from the shore, then a little
farther and a little farther. The end of the canoe swung around
until it pointed directly out across the lake, and Gladys kept on
paddling in the way it pointed. When she had reached a distance
about halfway between Blueberry Island and the dock she noticed
with terror that the canoe was leaking. She had not been in the
group when Nyoda had warned them about not using the one canoe
for several days, and as luck would have it, the canoe she picked
out was the very one which Sahwah had grounded on the rock. The
gash was opening again and the canoe was filling with water.
Helpless from fright, Gladys dropped her paddle overboard and
buried her face in her hands after one wild look at the distant
shore. It seemed to her like a swift judgment from heaven for
her outrageous conduct that day.

Sahwah, grown weary of sitting in the sun doing nothing, fixed
her eyes on the camp dock to watch for the putting out of the
launch. No launch was forthcoming, but she saw a canoe gliding
out from the dock. "Something must be the matter with the launch
and Nyoda's coming for me in a canoe," thought Sahwah. "How
slowly she is paddling, it will take her an age to get here!"
Sahwah waited a little while and then slid off the rocks into the
water. "I'll swim out and meet her," she said to herself. When
she had gone about half the distance she saw that it was not
Nyoda in the canoe, but Gladys, and an exclamation of astonishment
escaped from her lips. Coming nearer yet she saw that Gladys was
in distress and had dropped her paddle overboard, and she doubled
her speed, shooting through the water like a speed boat. Raising up
her head once, she shouted to attract Gladys's attention. Gladys
evidently did not hear her, for she did not turn around. When she
was nearly there Sahwah saw that the canoe was sinking, and with a
mighty spurt she reached it just as it settled to the water's edge,
and Gladys, with a wild scream, fell into the lake.

Sahwah caught her by the hair as she came up and held her head
out of water. "What did you take a canoe out for, you goose?" she
sputtered. "You deserve to drown." The canoe had not sunk
en