and
gray-blue eyes.

After she had spoken she appeared a little embarrassed as if she
regretted having called the attention of the other girls to her
presence.

At the beginning of their acquaintance Martha and Tory had felt drawn
toward each other. The differences in their temperaments appeared not
as a barrier, but an interest.

But with the opening of the camp in Beechwood Forest, Tory had
neglected her responsibilities. Her affection for Katherine Moore had
made her less mindful than she should have been of a stranger in a new
environment.

Fortunately Martha Greaves was an English Girl Guide. She was wearing
the uniform of the Guides at this moment. Shy she might appear upon
suddenly expressing her opinion, yet assuredly she had made a number
of friends among the Girl Scouts. Moreover, she was too vitally
interested in the differences between the two organizations, the Girl
Guides of England and the Girl Scouts of the United States, to be
especially self conscious.

She understood and liked Tory's impulsive nature with its capacity for
romantic affection, so unlike her own. She considered herself to be a
matter-of-fact person with only a few enthusiasms.

At Martha's sensible statement Tory had the sensation of being
suddenly plunged into cold water.

A moment she was nonplussed and slightly angry. Then she had the good
sense to realize that Martha had not intended to be unkind. What she
had said was undoubtedly true.

If she were rarely sensible at any time, Tory appreciated that she had
become less so since her last talk with Kara.

Not an hour since had the problem of Kara been out of her mind.

Indeed, since the news of the result of what had first seemed a simple
accident had reached the camp of the Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest,
the entire summer to which they had looked forward so joyously seemed
to offer only disappointment.

They were only fourteen in number and Kara was individually dear to
each one of them. Seven of the group were in Kara's own Patrol, the
others, members of her Troop of the Eagle's Wing.

If they suffered some disadvantages over the larger summer camps for
girls they had the advantage of a peculiar and intimate feeling for
one another. The fact that Martha Greaves was the one outsider added a
special interest. Rarely a half day passed that one of the Girl Scouts
did not make some inquiry of Martha concerning their respective
organizations.

She was glad enough to a