After that I had a rough scramble, but I like the woods and try to walk as much as possible in my holidays." "Well, no doubt, walking is good for one.

But don't the girls in Toronto prefer the street cars ?" "I don't go long walks for health's sake," Agatha answered with a smile.
"But I think some people I know are waiting.

Can you paddle faster ?" The canoe's bows lifted out of a wisp of foam as Thirlwell swung the paddle, and in a few minutes he helped the girl to land.

After this, their acquaintance ripened fast and Agatha went fishing with him on the lake and, by disused logging trails, long distances into the shadowy bush.

Thirlwell imagined she knew this excited some remark, but he saw there was an imperious vein in the girl, who did what she thought fit, without heeding conventions.