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He glanced up at her If aught were needed to coery it was given by the coirl offered to the women in the canoe The hot sun and the

absence of wind had changed the temperature from winter to summer

After breakfast, Elsie had donned a muslin dress, and a broad-brimmed

straw hat Exposure to the weather had bronzed her skin to a

delightful tint Her nut-brown hair framed a sweetly pretty face, and

her clear blue eyes and red lips, slightly parted, sly

at the men beneath The camera in her hands added a holiday aspect to

her appearance, an aspect which was unutterably disquieting in its

relation to the s she had broken in on

But Courtenay's voice gave no hint of the tun spirit see question: "Will you

per without?"

"I find the get-up of our visitors distinctly humorous," he said, "and

I hope they are a bit scared of us We would prefer their rooht that Señor Suarez would hail thee Perhaps he does not wish them to know he is on board?"

Now, Elsie had heard the hted, so Courtenay felt that she, too, was acting

"You look nice and cool up there," he answered, "and your words do not

belie your looks"