"
"He wouldn't be beaten, I suppose," Cora surmised, "Any one could
see that the girl would come in first."
"They are coming back and she has not started," said Belle, who had
the marine glasses.
"But she will," declared Cora.
"Yes, there she comes! Oh isn't it exciting! To have the queer
girl beat all those who pride themselves on their skill. I wonder
who or what she can be?" queried Hazel.
"Here come our boys," said Belle, as the beautiful golden Peter Pan
motored over to the smaller Petrel.
"What do you think of that?" called Jack. "Look at the Wild Duck!"
"Isn't she a--bird!" confirmed the voice of Ed.
"A Sea Gull," added the more polite Walter. "I say, girls, do you
happen to know her?"
"Yes," called back Cora, "We have met her."
Then there was an exchange of words understandable only to those
expressing them, and to those for whom they were expressed, but any
one might have guessed that the boys in the Peter Pan were asking
the girls in the Petrel to let them "meet" the wild bird of the
light canoe.
"They are almost in," said Bess, breathlessly. "Oh I hope she does
not back out."
"No danger," said Cora. "One can see that she is making for the
finish line."
"There are two boys who have been saving themselves," Hazel
remarked. "I shouldn't wonder if they could beat our friend."
"Oh, I hope not," exclaimed Belle. "I should be so disappointed.
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