QUICKSANDS When Kathlyn came to the river she swerved toward the broadest part of it.

Twice she stumbled over boulders, but rose pluckily and, bruised and breathless, plunged into the water.

It was swift running and shoulder deep, and she was forced to swim strongly to gain the opposite shore.

She dragged herself up to the bank and, once there, looked back.

What she saw rather astonished her.