“Well, their friends might tell them. Besides, only our pictures—Dot’s and mine—were in before, and now we’re putting in yours. And we’re having it announced over the radio.”
“What is a radio?” inquired Amy.
“Come inside and I’ll show you. But wait, first let me get these snapshots of you. Stand over there, and look pretty!”
The girl smiled and did as she was told. To her knowledge she had never seen a picture taken before.
“It’s funny,” remarked Linda, as she took out her roll of films from the camera, “that you remember how to read. You didn’t have any trouble understanding that story, did you?”
“Some,” confessed the girl. “There were lots of things I hadn’t heard of. But I don’t think it’s my memory, Linda—I think I just never did hear of those things.”
“You must have lived in the country,” concluded the other. “Somewhere around where we picked you up. I think maybe the best idea of all would be to try to fly back to that spot, and hunt for a house. We’ll do that next week, if Aunt Emily is willing.”
“Next week! Linda, I feel as if I had no right to stay on and on here——”
“Of course, you have. And you’re going to have a wonderful time to-day. Aunt Emily is taking you into town to buy you some clothes.”
“But I can’t pay for them!”