I had what Harriet callth 'cold feet.' Then I gueth I
didn't feel much of anything till I felt mythelf thitting in the thand
with thome of me dry and thome of me wet, and Harriet trying to drag
me out of the thudth."
"Out of what?" exclaimed the Chief Guardian.
"Thudth."
"Suds," interpreted Miss Elting. "Grace refers to the froth left on
the shore by the beating waves."
"Yeth, thudth," repeated Tommy.
"Harriet, your companions would like to hear from your own lips about
your experiences in the water."
"Oh, please, Mrs. Livingston, won't you excuse me?"
"If you wish, but--"
"My own part was nothing more than an instinct to save myself, which
everyone possesses. I do want to say, though, that Tommy Thompson was
the bravest girl I ever saw. She was not afraid, nor can she be blamed
for getting numb and sleepy. I did myself. No one can ever tell me
that Tommy isn't as brave a girl as lives. She has proved that."
"Yeth, I'm a real hero," piped Tommy with great satisfaction.
"A heroine, you mean, Tommy," corrected Harriet.
"Yeth, I gueth tho," agreed the little lisping girl amid general
laughter, in which, the Chief Guardian joined.
"There is nothing else that I can think of to say, Mrs.
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