“How can you?”
“I don’t know; but I am positive that you are both innocent, and therefore I am sure I can succeed!”
“Bravo!” exclaimed a voice behind them, and the girls turned about to see a look of real admiration on Miss Vaughn’s face. “I sincerely hope you do—I want to be convinced!”
“You will be!” cried Marjorie, triumphantly. “We’ll show you that a Girl Scout’s honor is to be trusted!”
A SECOND CHANCE.
CHAPTER XVI
A SECOND CHANCE.
As the girls entered the great reception-room where the young men were now waiting for them, it would not have been difficult for an outsider to read from their faces the fact that something unpleasant had happened. The Crowell boys and Wallace and Hitchens, who all instantly guessed at the portent of the interview, could not hide their embarrassment. Both Cryton and McDaniel looked frankly curious. The latter searched the group anxiously for Daisy.
“Where’s Daisy?” he asked Florence when he reached her side.
The girl made an effort to control herself before she could answer calmly.