“Oh, don’t wish to be like me. Sue Haines says I haven’t enough spunk ever to amount to anything in the world; but mama says it does not take spunk to amount to a good woman, and that, she says, is worth everything.”
“I think so, too,” said Zula, drying her eyes.
“We are all going to the island to-morrow,” said Guy. “There is to be an excursion, and I suppose we shall have any amount of fun.”
“Oh, won’t that be grand!” said Zula. “I do so love to be on the water.”
“Oh, I am always more than half afraid; but of course there is not the least bit of danger.”
“Not the least,” said Guy. “Please, Carrie, do not scare Zula so that she will not wish to go.”
“Oh, I am never afraid of the water; I love it.”
“I don’t believe you are afraid of anything. Why I would not dare to shoot off a pistol the way you do. I am almost afraid to look at one.”
Zula remarked, just as they were entering the house, that she wished there was nothing more for her to fear than pistols.