“There she goes now—aiming for the railroad station,” said Lou Potter. “I wish something would keep her from getting to the field on the day of the meet.”
It was this mean thought in her mind, perhaps, that made Miss Potter notice Eve particularly as she followed behind the country girl. Lou’s friends separated from her, but her way led toward the railroad station, too.
And before that was reached Miss Potter suddenly became aware of the fact that a woman and a man were following Eve Sitz.
She saw them first standing at a corner, and whispering, and pointing after Eve. They were dark-faced people, foreign-looking, and the man wore hoops of gold in his ears.
“There are a lot of those Gypsies around this Spring,” was Lou’s first thought. “Hullo! those people are watching that Sitz girl.”
She became curious, as she saw the Gypsies dog Eve’s footsteps for block after block. Whether they wished to speak to the big girl, or were just watching her, Lou could not tell.
She was a bold girl herself, and not at all afraid of the Romany folk. When Eve disappeared into the railroad station and the man and woman remained outside, Lou walked up to them.
“What are you following that girl for?” she asked, and when Queen Grace and her husband would have denied it, Lou made her reason for asking plain.
“If you don’t like her, neither do I. I’d like to have her out of the way for at least one day—one day next week,” and she named the day of the Athletic Meet.
“This is a plot to trap us,” growled Jim Varey to his wife.