"
"Oh, we didn't want it," cried Amy, shrinking from the very mention of
such a thing. "I couldn't swim at all if I thought anybody was looking
at me."
"Don't you make any exceptions?" asked Anita, twinkling. "Con and I
don't feel like going home just yet, and Mrs. Irving has elected to be
audience instead of actor."
"Oh, of course I didn't mean you!" Amy exclaimed, embarrassed at the
slip. "I don't mean one or two----"
"Of course you don't," said Anita remorsefully. "I only wish I could go
in with you."
They soon reached the bend of the river which Allen had indicated, the
girls growing more nervous with every step.
"I tell you what you can do," said Allen, struck by a sudden thought.
"You and your sister can be the judges. In case there are any
ties--although, of course such a thing is improbable"--the girls refused
to become indignant at this shot--"we'll need somebody to settle our
dispute, and Mrs. Irving has flatly refused to interfere before this."
"All right, that will be fine--provided everybody agrees to abide by our
decision. You see, we are absolutely neutral.
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