THE CANOE MEET
With characteristic modesty, Marjorie put aside the congratulations
of her friends, and the feeling of inward triumph that her victory
had brought her, to fasten her thoughts upon the contest of the
following day. For, after all, as she said again and again, the tennis
championship belonged rather to Griffith Hunter than to herself.
“I suppose if he had played with Alice, or Frieda, or me,” teased Lily,
as the girls were getting ready for bed, “that he would have won just
the same?”
“No doubt. Oh, Lil, suppose it should rain to-morrow!”
“Oh, it wouldn’t dare do it again! My, but wasn’t it lucky that it did
on Wednesday!”
“It certainly was.”
“Marj,” said Lily, “did Jack tell your parents to put a detective to
work searching for that old man?”
“No,” replied Marjorie, quietly. “I told him not to tell them anything
about it, for--I caught the man myself!”
“You!” cried Lily. “But how--?”
“Sh! I don’t want anybody to hear. But since you’re going to spend
the night with me, I’ll tell you the whole story now, just as I have
figured it out. But don’t tell a soul--I never even said anything about
it to Frieda. I’m going to tell Jack when we get home and he promised
to say nothing about it till then.”
“Why, is it a secret?”
“Yes,” answered Marjorie. “Listen!”
Curled up on the same bed, Marjorie proceeded to tell what she had
correctly guessed to be the truth--that Harold Mason, in disguise, was
really the old man. She described his appearance, and showed the grey
hair. Then, too, she reminded Lily of his embarrassment at seeing it,
and his urgent desire to make his escape.
“And that accident was all cooked up, too,” she concluded. “Of course
he couldn’t make Frieda want to drive the car, and run into a tree, but
he was going to get around it somehow--to make us late for the meet.”
Lily was so angry now that she could scarcely sit still.
“And do you suppose that Ruth knew all about it?”
“Positively!”
“I’m going to go accuse her, this very minute!” flashed Lily, jumping
off the bed.
But Marjorie restrained her.
“Don’t Lil; it won’t do any good. She’ll deny that she had any part in
it. But I’ve let her know that I have solved the problem, and she’s
pretty uncomfortable when I’m around. The best thing we can do about it
is to ignore it--and her, as far as possible, without seeming rude.”
“Well, she’s no longer a friend of mine!” exclaimed Lily.
“No, nor anybody else’s in the troop,” added Marjorie. “For I think
most of the girls have found her out!”
Saturday proved to be cooler, and delightful; the girls were up early
to enjoy the fine air of the morning.
“But I don’t move from this porch till time to dress for the meet,”
announced Marjorie, with a significant glance at Ruth. “I’m not taking
any chances.”
At eleven o’clock the Girl Scouts, all in bathing suits covered by
raincoats, drove in the machines to the shore of the lake. Already
crowds of people were sitting on the benches, and standing on the
shore, waiting for the meet to start.
Through a megaphone Mr. Remington thanked the audience for their
splendid support, and announced the relay and obstacle races which
were to constitute the first part of the program. These, he said,
were not included in the reckoning of points for the silver cup, and
ribbons would be awarded to the successful teams. As lots were drawn to
determine the participants of each side, the rivalry was not sharp; in
fact Ruth, Frieda, and Marjorie, the three best canoeists, were all on
the same side, so that they easily came in ahead. The real excitement
lay in the individual contests.
The first of these was the rescue of the capsized canoe. Only five
of the girls entered the event; Ethel Todd, Marjorie Wilkinson, Ruth
Henry, Frieda Hammer, and Florence Evans. They all succeeded in
their attempts; it would have been hard for the casual observer to
decide whether to award the honors to Marjorie, Ruth, or Frieda. The
judges--three men of Silvertown--put down mysterious marks in their
books.
A short intermission of rest was granted the contestants before the
final event--the individual canoe race. All of the girls had agreed to
enter, although several of them--Doris, and Lily, and Alice Endicott,
for example--knew that they stood not the slightest chance of winning.
The distance required was across the lake and back--probably about
three hundred yards.
The girls knelt in the center of their canoes, their paddles in their
hands, awaiting the signal of departure. As soon as the whistle blew,
the nine canoes shot forward, as if controlled by a single hand.
But they did not remain abreast long, for in a moment four fell back.
And of the five in the lead, Ruth Henry’s came first!
“Hurry up, Marjorie! Oh, hurry!” cried Eloise Trowbridge, now a staunch
friend of the girl.
But Marjorie knew what she was doing; the race was by no means short,
and she calculated that endurance would count. Ruth Henry’s mighty
effort could not last to the end; she would give out before they were
three quarters finished. So Marjorie continued her steady strokes, now
leaving all but Ruth behind, and taking her place as second.
It was Ruth’s canoe which first reached the farther shore, and started
to swing around. But here she encountered one of her weaknesses: she
had never learned to turn a canoe gracefully and quickly. Before she
had swung into position again, Marjorie was beside her, and the two
canoes turned almost together.
But Ruth was still confident. She had beaten Marjorie to this shore
with an equal start; now that she was slightly ahead there ought to be
no doubt about her victory. But her muscles stiffened under the strain;
she realized suddenly that she was tired! Marjorie shot ahead with
renewed vigor, as if she were fresh for the race.
As the canoes neared the middle of the lake again, Ruth took a fresh
spurt and pulled two or three inches ahead of Marjorie; but the gain
was temporary, for the latter, carefully measuring her distance,
decided that now was the time for putting forth her utmost effort. With
sudden, swift strokes, she left all the canoes behind, and made like
lightning for the shore. A great shout went up from the spectators; she
arrived fully three seconds before Frieda, who came second. For Ruth
had fallen back to third place!
In a moment, Mr. Andrews was calling for Marjorie, and holding up the
beautiful silver cup. The girl, out of breath, but smiling happily,
advanced to accept the award with a bow of acknowledgement. The meet
was over.
Turning around to look for Lily, Marjorie almost bumped into the
Trowbridge girls, waiting anxiously to be the first to congratulate her.
“And mother and father want you to spend the second week in August with
us,” said Jeanne, as she took Marjorie’s arm; “so that you can take
part in the big carnival. Can you?”
“I’d love to!” cried Marjorie, catching sight of Ruth’s envious face
behind her. Surely the girl was being punished now, in the bitterest
way possible: to see Marjorie surrounded by the honor and social
distinction that she coveted for herself!
The Trowbridge girls and Griffith Hunter were the only outsiders at the
banquet that night. But it was a festive occasion; the table was laden
with flowers, and the ten-course dinner was served noiselessly and
beautifully. On one side of Marjorie sat John Hadley; on the other her
new friend Griffith Hunter; and she could not tell which was the more
entertaining.
Suddenly, at the end of the salad course, a piano in the living room
struck up a wedding march. The guests all stopped eating to behold
little Dorothy Trowbridge, a tiny tot of about four years of age,
appear, dressed in a filmy costume, and bearing a Cupid’s dart in her
hand. She went towards a side table, upon which Mr. Andrews lifted her,
and in her clear childish voice, she said,
“I am here to tell you that Mr. Remington and Miss Phillips are going
to be married!”
Amid the exclamations of the whole party, the blushing captain held up
her left hand to display a beautiful diamond ring; while Mr. Remington
bowed in acknowledgement of the congratulations that poured in from all
sides.
“But we’ll lose you at Miss Allen’s!” wailed Marjorie, in distress.
“But not as Scout Captain,” replied Miss Phillips. “For I promise to
take Pansy troop to the official scout camp next summer, and I mean to
do as I said!”
“Thank goodness for that!” breathed Lily, in relief.
The next volume of this series will be “The Girl Scouts’ Rivals.”
THE END
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Transcriber’s Note:
The table of contents was added by the transcriber.
Punctuation has been standardised; hyphenation and spelling have been
retained as they appear in the original publication except as follows:
Page 26
To beat carpets with, Silly _changed to_
To beat carpets with, silly
Page 27
Let’s read each others _changed to_
Let’s read each other’s
Page 31
_Will-o-the-Wisp_, and that’s the only one left _changed to_
_Will-o’-the-Wisp_, and that’s the only one left
Page 33
Florence even suceeded in getting _changed to_
Florence even succeeded in getting
Page 42
upon the bank the preceeding afternoon _changed to_
upon the bank the preceding afternoon
Page 46
committed the preceeding fall _changed to_
committed the preceding fall
get away a soon as possible _changed to_
get away as soon as possible
Page 56
asked Marjrie, as the canoes _changed to_
asked Marjorie, as the canoes
Page 57
is not Miss Phillips’, but Marj’s _changed to_
is not Miss Phillips’s, but Marj’s
Ruth and Lily in the _Water-witch_ _changed to_
Ruth and Lily in the _Water-Witch_
Page 59
cried Ruth, in ecstacy _changed to_
cried Ruth, in ecstasy
Page 68
Miss Phillips’ voice sounded a trifle _changed to_
Miss Phillips’s voice sounded a trifle
Page 73
had never occured to any _changed to_
had never occurred to any
Page 78
Disappoined at these words _changed to_
Disappointed at these words
Page 82
now perfectly self-controled, laughed _changed to_
now perfectly self-controlled, laughed
Page 87
they summonded the other searchers _changed to_
they summoned the other searchers
Page 89
a sign af a very poor _changed to_
a sign of a very poor
peered anxiously into the _Will-o-the-Wisp_ _changed to_
peered anxiously into the _Will-o’-the-Wisp_
Doris directed the _Will-o-the-Wisp_ _changed to_
Doris directed the _Will-o’-the-Wisp_
Page 90
they had arranged the preceeding _changed to_
they had arranged the preceding
Page 96
Miss Phillip ssuggested that they go _changed to_
Miss Phillips suggested that they go
Page 103
Thought ignorant and uneducated _changed to_
Though ignorant and uneducated
Page 105
“How’ bout a nice ripe peach _changed to_
“How ’bout a nice ripe peach
Page 106
crept up to his straw to bed _changed to_
crept up to his straw bed
Page 109
here were two days left _changed to_
there were two days left
We better go in _Will-o-the-Wisp_ _changed to_
We better go in _Will-o’-the-Wisp_
Page 112
Thanks,” said Marporie, gratefully _changed to_
Thanks,” said Marjorie, gratefully
interruped the other _changed to_
interrupted the other
Page 120
longer way enirely by water _changed to_
longer way entirely by water
Page 121
the river was becaming swifter _changed to_
the river was becoming swifter
Page 122
A least, they are together _changed to_
At least, they are together
Page 127
word of praise of Mrs. Higgins’ cooking _changed to_
word of praise of Mrs. Higgins’s cooking
Page 132
and hugged her in ecstacy _changed to_
and hugged her in ecstasy
been current during Mrs. Higgins’ youth _changed to_
been current during Mrs. Higgins’s youth
Page 133
Mrs. Hggiins repeated _changed to_
Mrs. Higgins repeated
Page 134
know the miserable wretch would think _changed to_
known the miserable wretch would think
Page 135
as if in fear of persuit _changed to_
as if in fear of pursuit
Page 139
Marj and Frieda and Silverton all at _changed to_
Marj and Frieda and Silvertown all at
Page 144
enought there for his breakfast _changed to_
enough there for his breakfast
Page 148
experience at Mrs. Higgins’ _changed to_
experience at Mrs. Higgins’s
Page 162
Dunno exactly--bout ten miles _changed to_
Dunno exactly--’bout ten miles
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was nevertheless in a quandry _changed to_
was nevertheless in a quandary
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were they in a prizon again _changed to_
were they in a prison again
and the man’s over to Beasley’ tryin’ to _changed to_
and the man’s over to Beasley’s tryin’ to
the relentless fate that seemd to be _changed to_
the relentless fate that seemed to be
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just as it had occured _changed to_
just as it had occurred
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Mr. Andrews’ permission _changed to_
Mr. Andrews’s permission
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Well, I don’ know why _changed to_
Well, I don’t know why
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John Hadley’s next remark despelled any _changed to_
John Hadley’s next remark dispelled any
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suddenly becoming so solicitious about _changed to_
suddenly becoming so solicitous about
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John Hadely appeared through the screen _changed to_
John Hadley appeared through the screen
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XXI _changed to_
CHAPTER XXI
Doris reached for her kimona _changed to_
Doris reached for her kimono
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It isn’t gonig to shower _changed to_
It isn’t going to shower
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on one talked of anything else _changed to_
no one talked of anything else
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it woudn’t dare do it again _changed to_
it wouldn’t dare do it again
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constituted the first part _changed to_
constitute the first part
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THE GIRL SCOUTS AT MISS ALLENS SCHOOL _changed to_
THE GIRL SCOUTS AT MISS ALLEN’S SCHOOL
End of Project Gutenberg's The Girl Scouts' Canoe Trip, by Edith Lavell