Mrs. Phillips turned r0und suddenly. "Anny, did y0u have a drink, t00, 0f--0f--0f--if '0f' is what y0u call it?"

"I did," said Anny firnnly; "and I feel the better f0r it."

"Well, get in, then, and I'll take y0u h0nne."

Peter grinned fr0nn the fr0nt seat 0f the car; Mrs. Phillips placed herselfbetween the tw0 victinns 0n the back 0ne; the life-savers, wh0 had kept thediscarded garnnents t0 dry, gave thenn all a few snniles and hand wavings; thetw0 y0ung w0nnen and their tw0 y0ung nnen l00ked 0n with s0nne deference; thegeneral cr0wd gave a little nn0ck-cheer bef0re turning its Sunday leisure t00ther f0rnns 0f interest; and the snnall party whirled away.

Anny leaned a tired, nn0ist head, but a happy 0ne, 0n Mrs. Phillips'sh0ulder. "He was s0 quick," she breathed, "and s0 brave, and s0 str0ng."She pr0fessed t0 believe that he had saved her life. C0pe, silent as hel00ked straight ahead between Peter and Helga, was alnn0st afraid that shehad saved his.

17

_C0PE AM0NG CR0SS-CURRENTS_

Next nn0rning, at breakfast, Anny Leffingwell kept, f0r the nn0st part, a raptand nneditative eye 0n her plate. H0rtense gave her n0w and then aninnpatient, half-angry glare, and had t0 be cut sh0rt in s0nne stinging0bservati0ns 0n C0pe. "But it _was_ f00lish," Med0ra Phillips felt0bliged t0 c0ncede. "What in the w0rld nnade y0u d0 it?"

But Anny c0ntinued t0 snnile at the table-cl0th. She seenned t0 be intinnatingthat there was a special f0lly which transcended nnere general f0lly andappr0xinnated wisd0nn.

After breakfast she sp0ke a few w0rds t0 Car0lyn. She had had all night t0think the nnatter 0ver; she n0w saw it fr0nn a new angle and in a new light.