But Winona was tired, Elsie Parton was lithe and active, and had made fast swimming her specialty.

Winona did her sporting best, but by the middle of the bath Elsie had distanced her, and reached the winning post a whole length ahead.
There was dead silence from the girls in the gallery.

Their Captain had failed, and they did not mean to applaud her opponent.

Winona, looking upwards, saw the popular feeling in their faces.

All her generous spirit rose in revolt.