sloping approach; a chilly wind 

 swept by and through my Eve's 

 costume most unpleasantly, when 

 bump, bang'-splash! I had slid full 

 length, face downward into the 

 water. 



mournful deceivers above are 

 you the unwilling servants of the 

 monster my affrighted eyes now 

 gazed upon? Life may hold worse 

 moments, I pray not. What fiend 

 had dashed me into that icy water 

 to disturb, in frantic struggles for the 

 life-giving air, the owner of this pool 

 a water-snake with darting tongue 

 in a flattened head. It was not 

 courage but sheer fright that tight- 

 ened my hold on the rock rim near 

 his writhing tail. There seemed yards 

 of the squirming horror; in fact it 

 filled the universe. It seemed to be 

 enveloping me in swirling waves, as 

 the dragon of the pool gradually 

 glided under the rock. Then sud- 

 denly again the pines sang : 



41 dare all to win. " 



1 let go and managed to scramble 

 out of the water, a frozen rag. 



It had been such a delightful bath! 



