“Oh!” Sim and Terry exclaimed in unison. “What did he say?”
“‘Leaving at once for Oceanedge,’” quoted Arden.
“How wonderful!” Terry almost shouted. “Then he was some relative of poor Dimitri?”
“It looks that way,” admitted Arden. “Wait, we must pay that dollar and a quarter,” she said quickly, for Sim and Terry evinced a desire to hasten away. They made up the money, though it rather taxed their purses after the beauty parlor treatment. But they didn’t mind in the least.
“Now let’s go and tell your mother, Terry,” suggested Sim.
They started out of the drug store and almost bowled over Melissa Clayton, who was on the point of entering.
“Oh, Melissa, how are you?” Sim asked. “We haven’t seen you for a long time.”
“I’m all right,” the girl replied noncommittally.
“Weren’t sick, were you?” Arden asked.
“No, just a cold,” Melissa replied.