not escape without telling us more about herself," said Amy. "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
