"Not that we can insist, but we ought
to know for our own satisfaction."
"I think so, too," added Mollie. "She is getting on my nerves."
"Besides, we might be able to help her," spoke Grace. "It is dreadful to
think of a nice girl like that going the country, friendless and alone.
She may need just the aid we could give her."
All the conclusion the girls could come to was that the girl, after
leaving the farm house, had somehow managed to find those who were able
to look after her. Then had come an interim, which was a blank as far as
the girls were concerned. Then came the hotel episode, and--another
blank.
"It's like one of those missing-piece puzzles," complained Grace. "We'll
never get it straightened out."
"We may," said Betty, more hopefully.
That evening, with Cousin Jane to accompany them, they went to a pretty
little play, enjoying it very much. Morning saw them on the road again,
and they stopped the next night at the house of a distant relative of
Betty's mother.
Then, for a time, the good luck the girls had had left them. There came
a spell of rain that lasted two days, and they remained in the house of
Mrs. Nelson's relative--rather miserable days they were, too, for there
was little to occupy them. But all things come to an end finally, and
the bad weather was no exception.
The sun came out, the roads dried up, and one pleasant morning saw the
outdoor girls again in the car, speeding onward.
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