“And if it should be—”
“And if it should be! The joy, the happiness to Daisy, and her family, and the Girl Scouts—and Kirk!”
“Kirk?” repeated John, in surprise. “Kirk Smith?”
“Yes,” replied Marjorie. “Kirk is Olive’s husband!”
CHAPTER XX.
MARJORIE’S GOOD TURN.
After her talk with John, Marjorie felt as if she could not endure the days of waiting, until she would have a chance to put her hopes to the test. Three days previous she had wished that the summer, with its glorious days of riding, might never come to an end; now, it could not pass quickly enough. She was restless and excited, unable to carry on a connected conversation with any of the girls. Several times she found herself on the point of confiding her hopes to Lily or Daisy; but, recalling how small were the chances of the girl’s proving to be Olive, she resolutely restrained herself. The other scouts noticed her preoccupation and smiled knowingly; they attributed her absent-mindedness to the presence of John Hadley.
She lost no time, however, in telling them of Mrs. Hadley’s invitation. Alice and Lily were wild with delight, and most of the others seemed pleased. Only Daisy was doubtful about accepting it.
“I hardly see how I could, Marj,” she said. “You know public school begins the eighth of September, and I have to be on the job at the very start. Now we don’t get home till the fourth, and you know how much there always is to do. I’m afraid I can’t very well arrange it, much as I should like to.”
Marjorie showed her disappointment plainly. Was her whole plan to fall through, then, and was she not to know with certainty whether her expectancy was to be fulfilled? She resolved to try in every way to persuade Daisy to reconsider her decision.