setting her lantern on the ground and seating
herself beside Sahwah. Sahwah uncovered one eye. "Oh, Nyoda,"
she exclaimed tragically, "what will I do? I never dare show my
face in camp again. What ever possessed me this afternoon, and
what must you think of me?"

Nyoda could not help smiling at the depth of Sahwah's
self-abasement. "Cheer up, sister," she said kindly, "it's not
as bad as all that. You were thoughtless, that was all, for I
will not believe that you were slighting Gladys intentionally."

"That's it," cried Sahwah eagerly. "I never stopped to think
what I was doing, and I never dreamed that she would catch on."

Nyoda nodded sympathetically. "I know just how it is," she said.
"We never mean to do unkind things, and yet we do them right
along, without thinking. The only remedy is to get a habit of
thinking before we do anything."

"Not thinking is my besetting sin," said Sahwah, dolefully.

"Yes," said Nyoda frankly, "I believe it is. You do so many
things impulsively that you never would have done on second
thought. Take the time, for instance, that you jumped off the
tower into the canoe and upset it. That was a very dangerous
thing to do. You might have landed on top of one of those girls
and hurt her badly, or been hurt yourself. Even granting that
you were so sure of yourself that you could do it successfully,
you set a bad example. Some of the other girls might be tempted
to try it sometime with disastrous results."

"I never thought of it in that way," said Sahwah seriously. "I'm
awfully sorry I hurt Gladys's feelings, and I'll apologize to her
this very night."

"I don't believe an apology would help matters any," said Nyoda
slowly. "There are some things you can't make right with an
apology any more than you could mend Migwan's dislocated knee by
saying you were sorry it got fallen on. It takes special
treatment."

"What shall I do then?" asked Sahwah.

"Be especially nice to Gladys from now on. Offer to help her
learn to swim, and go out with her in the sponson until she may
go out in a canoe. Let her see by your actions that you want to
be her friend, and then she won't suspect you of saying unkind
things about her. Put yourself in her place. She feels just as
strange among you strong, self-reliant, outdoor-loving girls as
you would among her friends. You know a great deal that she does
not, and she undoubtedly knows a great deal that you do not. She
has been ab