How was one to be sure if this were really the right Ida May? If one
girl could make the claim and carry it through so easily, why not
another? How could this girl, crying in the rocking-chair, prove her
statement that she was Mrs. Ball's niece?
These thoughts seethed in Sheila Macklin's brain. She must keep
cool! She must hold herself down, keep control of her own mind, and
keep the whip hand of this girl before her.
And, then, there was Tunis to think of. The appearance of the real
Ida May Bostwick wrecked all her happiness, of course, with Tunis.
Sheila could not let him continue his association with her. Yet what
course should she pursue to save him? That suddenly became the first
consideration in Sheila Macklin's mind.
How to do this? How to save Tunis from being overwhelmed by the
result of his own ill-considered deed? Impulse and love on Tunis
Latham's part had brought about this terrible situation. Not that
the girl blamed him in the least. Her thought was to protect the
captain of the _Seamew_ from being sucked into the whirlpool which
she clearly beheld beside her path.
Save Tunis! It must be done. This little, inconsequential,
weak-minded, loose-lipped girl must not be allowed to wreck Tunis
Latham's life.
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