The Madame pushed the yellow slip of paper toward the startled Nancy. She read at a glance what it contained:
“Come to Garvan’s Hotel at once. G. in bad way. See P. & O. accident.—Scorch.”
“Scorch is Mr. Gordon’s office boy,” said Nancy, trembling.
“And ‘G.’ stands for Mr. Gordon,” whispered Jennie, looking over her chum’s shoulder.
The Madame had rustled open the paper and now displayed the front page to the eyes of the girls. Spread upon it was the account of a terrible accident on the P. & O. Railroad. At the top of the list of injured, printed in black type, was:
“Henry Gordon, lawyer, Cincinnati, seriously.”