"
"Your cup is a beauty though, sis," said Jack, who was examining the
trophy. "I think it's prettier than the one we lost. Paul is not
satisfied that we lost fairly though, and he's up there now
disputing it."
"What good can that do now?" asked Belle.
"No telling. Paul knows what he is about," replied Jack. "But say,
did you know that the wild girl in the canoe is deaf and dumb?"
"No!" exclaimed all the girls in one voice.
"Yes that's what the dark fellow who was trailing her told the
judges, and that is why, I guess, she scampered off so. Too bad!
She is pretty too."
"And did the man take her prize?" asked Cora.
"Sure thing," replied the brother. "He said he was her guardian."
Cora thought for a moment. "Seems to me," she said finally, "that
she turned towards us when we shouted to her."
"Sometimes deaf people know such things by instinct," Jack offered
as an explanation. "I thought too, that she gave us a knowing
glance."
"Pure conceit," said Ed. "Wallie claimed the glance, but I saw her
hair float in my direction."
"She's a star canoeist," declared Jack, "and I should like to be
better acquainted with her."
"Can you talk with your fingers?" asked Belle. "I know a little of
the sign language, but I would not be too sure that I could carry on
a conversation."
"But you could introduce one," insisted Jack, "and once she knew I
wanted to know her--I might depend upon--true love to make known all
the rest.
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