He led her forth upon the subway platform and in a few moments they were being eagerly greeted by Helen in their suite at the Graymore.
They were to stay over in New York until the following afternoon at least, since another business conference with Mr. Hammond was imperative, for Tom, at any rate. Helen was overjoyed at this news and declared that she would spend the following morning shopping for the trip to the Yukon.
“Do you really think you ought to go?” Ruth asked, teasing her. “Poor Chess! It really is cruel to leave him all alone!”
“Oh, but think what a long time we’ll be married!” Helen protested. “Even Chess couldn’t deny me this wonderful chance for a little fun before, before——”
“The end?” suggested Tom, with a grin.
“You put it crudely, Tommy-boy,” chuckled Helen, making a face at him. “But I simply couldn’t miss this trip. Especially since our old friends Bloomberg and Charlie Reid are stepping into the limelight again, prepared to give us a few thrills.”
“I shouldn’t wonder,” said Ruth dryly, as she examined the location photographs Mr. Hammond had given her that afternoon, “if we will have more thrills than we exactly enjoy before we get through.”
CHAPTER VI
PREMONITIONS
Helen stared at her chum for a moment and her laughing mouth turned downward, lending an expression of momentary gravity to her merry face.
“You don’t mean to say, Ruthie Fielding, that you are actually afraid of Sol Bloomberg?”