114 PEEP AT OUR NEIGHBORS.

with her; and one fine day, she went
over to the pond, with Simeon and his
younger brother, and went in to bathe.
She was rather timid, and Simeon, who
could swim, kept hold of her hand while
she was in the water.

Simeon knew nothing about fear him-
self, and he thought it was very foolish
for his cousin Margaret to be afraid. He
laughed at her, and tried to persuade her
to go farther from the shore, where the
water was deeper. But Margaret re-
fused to go. After trying a long time to
persuade the timid girl to go into the
deep water, he got angry; and in a mo-
ment, before he took time to think of