“No,” I replied. “I am not sure but what it is a good thing. It will give Rob a jolt to see that girls can be as nice as Beth is, and as for her, she is quite able to take care of the situation where a man is concerned.”
“But we must have Beth here. Maybe you’d better telegraph her.”
“Huldah understands conditions. She will send Beth on here.”
The next morning we took Diogenes and went down the road to meet the stage. As 84 it came around the curve, we saw there were three passengers.
“Tolly!” cried Diogenes with an ecstatic whoop.
“Beth!” recognized Silvia.
“Rob!” I ejaculated.
The stage stopped to allow us to get in.
Mutual explanations followed. Ours were brief and substantiated by the documents in evidence.
“Now,” I said turning threateningly to Ptolemy, “what did you come here for?”