“I think you’ve had more than your time, miss,” she concluded. “Now, please to go!”
CHAPTER XII
Bound and Gagged
“How was your fortune, Mary Louise?” inquired Max, as the former emerged from the gypsy’s tent and joined the merry group in the field. “Did she say you’d marry a tall, good-looking fellow, with lots of personality?”
Mary Louise laughed.
“No, she didn’t. I guess I’m going to be an old maid.”
“Then you’re the only one,” remarked Hope. “All the rest of us get rich husbands and trips around the world.”
Elsie came up close to Mary Louise and whispered in her ear.
“She told me to leave Dark Cedars,” she said. “How do you suppose she knew that I lived there?”
“Must have seen you around, I suppose,” replied Mary Louise. “She warned me to get out too, but then I told her I was staying there.... But don’t tell Jane, Elsie. She’d go in a minute if she heard that.”
“Hadn’t we better all go—till Aunt Mattie gets back from the hospital? Wouldn’t your mother let me stay at your house if I worked for my board?”