THE CONVOY.
CHAPTER XVIII
THE CONVOY.
When the picnicers returned to Miss Vaughn’s they found Ethel and Marjorie waiting for them on the porch. Lily rushed impetuously towards her chum, anxious to find out immediately what she had been doing in her absence; but Marjorie checked her with a glance towards Miss Vaughn.
“Did you have a good time?” asked Marjorie, carelessly, as if she and Ethel had been at home all afternoon.
“We certainly did,” replied Lily, taking the hint. “And have you made all your arrangements satisfactorily?”
“Yes,” answered the other. “We haven’t so much to buy as we had for our trip out, because we’re not planning to do any camping.”
“What?” demanded Milton Crowell, in astonishment. “Then you have changed your plans?”
Marjorie drew down the corners of her mouth in amusement at the young man’s instant display of interest. Surely she was correct in her surmise that this concern was not prompted by mere idle curiosity!
“Yes—the car would be too crowded if we loaded it up with equipment,” she explained. “Besides Mrs. Hart is not keen about it, and we must consider her wishes.”