"
As a matter of fact, whether it was really the thought of the candy or
whether it was because the other girls were tired from the last spurt,
Grace really did get to the other side of the swimming pool first,
and, pulling herself up on the other bank, dripping and triumphant,
demanded the prize.
"You surely did win it, and you shall have that box of candy-- much as
I hoped to keep it in the family," laughed Betty, shaking the water
from her eyes and drawing herself up beside her chum. "Goodness, isn't
that water delicious to-night?" she added, wriggling her toes
luxuriously in the rippling wavelets. "Just cool enough to be
refreshing and not cold enough to chill you----" She broke off
suddenly and sat staring, her eyes widening and her body tense.
"Girls," she said in a queer voice, for Mollie and Amy had also drawn
themselves up on the bank, "have I gone crazy, or what is the matter
with me? Do you see-- what-- I see-- up there?"
Alarmed, the girls followed the direction of her strained gaze, and
suddenly they seemed to feel themselves congeal with momentary horror.
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