"Tell me what it is. Anybody hurt?"
"Killed!" whispered Miss Perkins.
"Who was it?" Both Mildred and Jessie grew paler.
"Killed outright," moaned Miss Perkins. "And not a moment's warning! O dear me!"
[CHAPTER XX]
RUN OVER
"WHO is killed?" asked Mildred.
Miss Perkins shivered, and Jessie stood gazing in a vague dismay.
"Tell us what has happened, and who is killed," repeated Mildred, pressing her hand gently upon Miss Perkins' shoulder. "I might be some help perhaps. Where did it happen? Near here? Who is it, Miss Perkins?"
Miss Perkins preserved a resolute silence.