"Where she go?" asked Dick.
Again she shook her head. "Don' know," she said; "She no say where she go."
"When will she be back?"
"No can tell."
"She come today—tomorrow?" asked Dick, impatiently.
"Don' know. Maybe one day—maybe two day. She no say."
"Did her sister go, too."
"Ye-es. All gone," and the little maid smiled delectably.
Dick swore under his breath and turned to go, totally at sea as to what direction to take. Then, with a sudden thought, he turned back and smiled genially at the girl. "Baby go too?" he asked, cheerfully.
"Ye-es, Baby go too," bowed the girl, still smiling; "All go, nobody stop home now;" and she turned back into the house.
Dick flung himself down the steps and into the car. Here was the confirmation of his first guess; but where had they gone? And how was he to find them? Where should he go first? He swung his car around the driveway and out into the avenue and back toward the center of town, his mind striving vainly for some idea to start him upon his chase. He knew practically none of the Morton girls acquaintances from whom he might inquire as to their
