She did not sail across to the other side as she had done before, but out by the point, and away into the great, wide lake.
The wind was strong; the blue streamers fluttered bravely in the sunshine. She sailed far away, and at last was quite out of sight.
"Let's play she has gone to California," said Kelly, as they stood watching her.
"She will come back some time with a load of gold," added Mabel.
"The Pride of the Seas" stuck fast on a mud bank. John, the hired man, rescued her.