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She went bare legged and bare footed, with her hair down and her skirts caught up to the knees, and if ever a human being turned into a jolly savage within the compass of a single week, Joan Maloney was certainly that human being. She ran wild. SHE WENT BARE LEGGED AND BAREFOOTED WITH HER HAIR DOWN AND HER SKIRTS CAUGHT UP TO THE KNEES AND IF EVER A HUMAN BEING TURNED INTO A JOLLY SAVAGE WITHIN THE COMPASS OF A SINGLE WEEK JOAN MALONEY WAS CERTAINLY THAT HUMAN BEING SHE RAN WILD
general supervision of the rough comforts, she also made herself peculiarly mistress of the megaphone which summoned to meals and carried her voice easily from one end of the island to the other; and in her hours of leisure she daubed the surrounding scenery on to a sketching block with all the honesty and devotion of her determined but unreceptive soul. Joan, meanwhile, Joan, elusive creature of the wilds, became I know not exactly what. She did plenty of work in the Camp, yet seemed to have no very precise duties. She was everywhere and anywhere. Sometimes she slept in her tent, sometimes under the stars with a blanket. She knew every inch of the island and kept turning up in places where she was least expected—for ever wandering about, reading her books in sheltered corners, making little fires on sunless days to "worship by to the gods," as she put it, ever finding new pools to dive and bathe in, and swimming day and night in the warm and waveless lagoon like a fish in a huge tank. TCHEN THE MENDING AND GENERAL SUPERVISION OF THE ROUGH COMFORTS SHE ALSO MADE HERSELF PECULIARLY MISTRESS OF THE MEGAPHONE WHICH SUMMONED TO MEALS AND CARRIED HER VOICE EASILY FROM ONE END OF THE ISLAND TO THE OTHER AND IN HER HOURS OF LEISURE SHE DAUBED THE SURROUNDING SCENERY ON TO A SKETCHING BLOCK WITH ALL THE HONESTY AND DEVOTION OF HER DETERMINED BUT UNRECEPTIVE SOUL JOAN MEANWHILE JOAN ELUSIVE CREATURE OF THE WILDS BECAME I KNOW NOT EXACTLY WHAT SHE DID PLENTY OF WORK IN THE CAMP YET SEEMED TO HAVE NO VERY PRECISE DUTIES SHE WAS EVERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE SOMETIMES SHE SLEPT IN HER TENT SOMETIMES UNDER THE STARS WITH A BLANKET SHE KNEW EVERY INCH OF THE ISLAND AND KEPT TURNING UP IN PLACES WHERE SHE WAS LEAST EXPECTED FOREVER WANDERING ABOUT READING HER BOOKS IN SHELTERED CORNERS MAKING LITTLE FIRES ON SUNLESS DAYS TO WORSHIP BY TO THE GODS AS SHE PUT IT EVER FINDING NEW POOLS TO DIVE AND BATHE IN AND SWIMMING DAY AND NIGHT IN THE WARM AND WAVELESS LAGOON LIKE A FISH IN A HUGE TANK
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