“So do I,” said Wilfred. “Maybe it will take two or three days to get it to him and I just can’t wait that long.”
Caroline rose to her feet suddenly under the stimulus of a bright idea that came into her mind.
“I tell you what we can do.”
“What?”
“We can telegraph him,” she exclaimed.
“Good idea,” cried Wilfred, more and more impressed with Caroline’s wonderful resourcefulness, but a disquieting thought immediately struck him. “Where am I going to get the money?” he asked dubiously.
“It won’t take very much.”
“It won’t? Do you know what they are charging now? Over seven dollars a word only to Petersburg.”
“Well, let them charge it,” said Caroline calmly, “we can cut it down to only a few words and the address won’t cost anything.”
“Won’t it?”