Dr. Brown looked oddly from one girl to the other, and at Mrs.
Meckelburn.
"There is evidently some mystery here," he said. "I supposed there was
really some one here who needed my services?" and he glanced
questioningly at Mollie, who had summoned him.
"Oh, indeed there _was_," she said, quickly. "A girl fell out of a
tree----"
"Out of a tree!" exclaimed the doctor, and for a moment it seemed as
though he believed a joke had been attempted on him.
"Yes," went on Betty, taking up the story, "didn't Mollie tell you that?
She really fell from a tree as our auto passed, and at first we thought
we had struck her." Betty shot a glance of inquiry at Mollie.
"No, I didn't tell that part," confessed the owner of the new car. "I
was so flustrated, and I guess Grace didn't say anything either."
"No," answered the willowy one.
"Well, I'm here, at all events, but there is no patient," said the
doctor, with a smile.
"Oh, we'll pay you for your call!" exclaimed Betty, quickly taking out
her silver mesh bag. "How much----"
"No, no!" said Dr. Brown somewhat sharply, "you misunderstand me. I
never accept a fee in a simple accident case. What I meant about there
being no patient was that she has evidently gone away, possibly in a
delirium, and in that case we had better search for her, for she may be
badly hurt, or do herself some injury.
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