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 by he looked at me and laughed, and said that if I'd lean back and take it easy, he guessed that he and the brake could manage the machine all right. And then I saw what a goose I'd been making of myself,—and suddenly remembered what Uncle Rob had said about confidence making one normal. So I just relaxed the strain and let him run the machine, and by the time that we were spinning away north with the blue lake shining and sparkling at our right, and the beautiful houses and lawns flying past at our left, that involuntary tension was all gone, and I was doing nothing but enjoy.

I am so glad that the lake was rough on that first day that I saw it; for now I shall always think of it that way. The sun was shining and there was a fresh, cool breeze, and the lake was blue, and there were flashing, tossing white-caps just as far as you could see; and away out on the edge of the horizon, the line was all rough and uneven and wavering. And nearer shore, the great, smooth waves came rolling in, and as they came closer, they would rise up, and rise up, and their round tops would begin to get sharp and thin and then they would begin to curl over a little,