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A feeling of exultation overtook her, as if soiven her to control the working of her body and her

soul She grew daring and reckless, overestith She

wanted to swim far out, where no woman had swum before

Her unlooked-for achievement was the subject of wonder, applause, and

adratulated his

had accoht "It is nothing," she said aloud; "why did

I not discover before that it was nothing Think of the ti about like a baby!" She would not join the groups in their

sports and bouts, but intoxicated with her newly conquered power, she

swaather in an impression of space and

solitude, which the vast expanse of water,with the

moonlit sky, conveyed to her excited fancy As she swa out for the unlimited in which to lose herself

Once she turned and looked toward the shore, toward the people she had

left there She had not gone any great distance--that is, ould

have been a great distance for an experienced swimmer But to her

unaccustomed vision the stretch of water behind her assuth would never be able to overcome

A quick vision of death smote her soul, and for a second of time