"Suits me," agreed the other.
So the bargain was struck, and they crossed the room to examine The Scout. There, sure enough, were the evidences as Ruth had given them. At last, the canoe was found!
"I told you you were on the eve of a great discovery, didn't I?" said Harold, as they were driving home.
"But you never would have found the canoe, if it hadn't been for me," corrected Ruth.
"Marjorie certainly will be glad!" remarked her brother.
"Marjorie!" cried Ruth; "why, I'd forgotten all about her—and the chase!"
Then she fell silent for a long time. She was thinking of the medal of merit Miss Phillips had offered for the finding of Frieda; and she could not see why, if no one were successful, the finding of the canoe might not be considered the next thing to the finding of Frieda. It would be much better that Marjorie should never know about their pursuit of her.
Breaking her silence, she said,
"Promise me, both of you, that you won't tell Marj how we chased her?"