“Thanks, Tom,” and then with a whimsical glance at Helen: “I wonder if this is another message from Bloomberg!”
The others stood by with interest while Ruth tore open the yellow envelope. There were so many changes and surprises in the life of this talented girl, who combined in one person director, author and screen actress, that her friends were kept continually agog with interest.
Ruth’s eyes ran hastily through the message. She gave a little cry of amazement and thrust the telegram toward Tom.
“It’s from Mr. Hammond,” she said in explanation to Chess Copley and Helen. “He is in business difficulties of some sort——”
“And he wants you to come to New York at once!” ejaculated Tom, looking up from the telegram. “Now, Ruth Fielding, what do you intend to do about that?”
CHAPTER II
ALL BUSINESS
Ruth Fielding sank to the grass and stared at the others, her forehead wrinkling in a puzzled frown.
“I don’t know,” she said, in response to Tom’s question. “There are really a hundred things I ought to do right here——”
“Oh, there always are, Ruthie,” broke in Helen flippantly. “You are so busy all the time it makes me weary just to see you work. Why turn down a perfectly exciting trip to New York—especially when duty calls you?”
“Do you really think it is my duty to go, Tom?” Ruth’s eyes appealed to Helen’s twin brother as he stood thoughtfully reading over the telegram. Tom was Ruth’s business partner in the Fielding Film Company, and since the young fellow claimed a strictly personal interest in her as well, the girl had formed the habit of consulting him in all things.