e was no sooner in bed than the biscuits she had
gobbled for dinner started to make war on the slumgullion, and
the lemonade began to have words with the blueberries. The fudge
was a power unto itself and made war on all the rest. Hinpoha
tried to get up and get something to relieve herself, but she was
so dizzy she couldn't stand. A great monstrous biscuit was
sitting on the pit of her stomach, squeezing the breath out of
her, and she sank back on the pillow. Sahwah finally heard her
groan and got up and brought her some hot water, which settled
the dispute going on in her stomach.

Gladys and Sahwah were coming home from the village in the launch
one afternoon, where they had been to get the milk. It looked
like rain and they were hastening to get back to camp. Great was
their vexation, therefore, when the engine wheezed a few times
and then stopped dead still. Investigation revealed that the
gasoline had given out. "Why didn't I think to fill her up
before we left?" said Sahwah impatiently. "Here we are, out in
the middle of the lake with never an oar or a paddle, and not a
bit of breeze blowing. Why, we aren't even drifting!" To all
appearances it looked as if they were becalmed there for the rest
of the afternoon, until they would be missed from camp, and
Gladys said so, resignedly.

"I should say I won't stay here all afternoon," said Sahwah.
"I'll swim ashore first. The girls are waiting for this milk. I
wonder if anybody would see us if we ran up a distress signal?"

"What could we use for one?" asked Gladys.

Sahwah looked around for a moment and then calmly took off her
middy and waved it around her head by one sleeve. They were
hidden from camp by a bend in the shore line, but they hoped to
attract the attention of some of the other campers along the
lake. Besides waving the middy, both girls called and yodled
until they were hoarse. At last they had the satisfaction of
seeing a launch coming across the lake toward them, with a flag
waving in answer to their signal. Sahwah hastily put on her
middy again. There were two boys of about sixteen in the launch
and they stopped alongside of the _Sunbeam_ and inquired the
trouble.

"We have run out of gasoline," said Sahwah.

"Would you like us to tow you in so you can get a fill-up?" asked
the boy who was running the launch. "We're from the Mountain
Lake Camp over yonder, and have plenty of gasoline to spare."
The girls agreed and the boy