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The darling!" gushed Bengal Virden, going into a perfect ecstasy on the floor beside Gladys. "Don't you just adore her?" "She's very pretty," replied Gladys sincerely. "Pretty!" returned Bengal scornfully. "She's the most beautiful person on earth! Oh, I love her so, I don't know what to do!"
Her thoughts went around in a torturing circle and brought her to no decision. Should she make a clean breast of it now and have nothing more to fear, or should she take a chance on Jo's never mentioning it to Mary? While she was debating the question back and forth in her mind Bengal Virden came running into the tent.
The councilors heard about it, too, for whatever Bengal Virden knew was promptly confided to Pom-pom. Miss Judy told it to Dr. Grayson, and he nodded his head approvingly. "It's no more than you would expect from the girl who rescued that robin," he said warmly. "The champion of all weaker creatures. Diplomatic, too.
She even envied rabbit-brained little Carmen Chadwick, who, if she had nothing in her head, had nothing on her conscience either. "Who am I to talk of a 'nice sense of honor' to Bengal Virden?" she thought miserably. "I'm a whole lot worse than she. She's only a mischievous child, and doesn't know any better, but I do. I'm no better than Jane Pratt, either, even though I told Mrs.
"You're such a good mimic no " she broke off decidely, "you have to be Dr. Grayson, of course, because you can play men's parts so beautifully." She looked from one to the other inquiringly. Her eye fell upon Bengal Virden. "Bengal, dear " Bengal looked up with a jerk and a grimace of distaste. "I wouldn't be Pecky for a thousand dollars," she declared flatly. "I hate her, I tell you."
And she must have half of the swinging shelf for her own; she could not possibly do with less; the others could get along as best they might with what was left. "We're supposed to divide the shelf up equally," announced Bengal Virden, who had begun to look upon Miss Peckham that was her name with extreme disapproval from the moment of their introduction.
Gladys and Migwan were dripping their way back to Ponemah, one on either side of Bengal Virden, who was entertaining them with tales of former years at camp, when they were startled to see Miss Peckham standing on top of a high rock wildly waving them back. "Don't go near the tent!" she shrieked.
Besides Sahwah and Agony the Dolphin crew consisted of Hinpoha, Migwan, Gladys, Katherine, Jo Severance, Jean Lawrence, Bengal Virden, Oh-Pshaw, and two girls from Aloha, Edith Anderson and Jerry Mortimer, a crew picked after severe tests which eliminated all but the most expert paddlers.
Who has she in the tent with her?" "That brown haired madonna you think is so sweet, and the pretty, golden haired girl who is her intimate friend," replied Mrs. Grayson. "Those two, and Bengal Virden." The Doctor gave vent to a long whistle. "Bengal Virden in the same tent with Claudia Peckham? And the tent is still standing?" "Bengal doesn't sleep in the tent," admitted Mrs. Grayson.
The "who else could it be?" was so like Miss Peckham. One by one the other candidates were shown their portraits, that is, as many as had displayed any conspicuous peculiarities. "O Pom-pom! O dear Pom-pom, O darling Pom-pom!" gushed Jo, rolling her eyes in ecstasy, and Bengal Virden, laughing sheepishly, went forward.
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