She would let Aunt Harriet see that, though she might fail sometimes in form work, she could hold her own at gymnastics.
Contestants climbed, traveled on rings, and vaulted the horse.

Winona seemed to herself as easy and agile as she had ever been.

She had a possible chance of winning, and her heart exulted.

Then came the ladders.

Up and up she went, holding herself now by her hands and now by her feet swinging for her hold.