“Let us take her into the house,” said Mr. Sharp, kindly. “That ruffian has scared her, I believe. Could you identify him, do you think, Miss Hargrew?”
“Yes, sir,” declared Bobby, tremblingly.
But Miss Carrington cried: “Oh, no! Oh, no! Don’t go after him—do nothing to him.”
And she continued to cry and moan while they took her into the house and put her in the care of Mrs. Sharp. That forenoon Gee Gee did not appear before her classes at Central High. But she was present at the afternoon session and Bobby thought her quite as stern and hard as ever. Nor did the teacher say a word to the girl about the Gypsy, or mention the occasion in any way.
[CHAPTER X—EVE’S ADVENTURE]
Eve Sitz had plenty to do out of school hours when she was at home. Nobody could afford to be idle at the Sitz farm. But she found time, too, to put on an old skirt, gym. shoes, and a sweater, and go down behind the barn to practice her broad jump and to throw a baseball at the high board fence behind the sheepfold.
She grew expert indeed in ball throwing, and occasionally when Otto, her brother, caught her at this exercise, he marvelled that his sister could throw the horsehide farther and straighter than he.
“Dot beats it all, mein cracious!” gasped Otto, who was older than Eve by several years, had never been to school in this new country, and was one who would never be able to speak English without a strong accent. “How a girl can t’row a pall like dot. I neffer!”
“You wait till June, Otto,” replied his sister, in German. “If you come to the big field the day of the Centerport High Schools, you will see that girls can do quite well in athletics. You know how we can row, and you saw us play basketball. Wait till you see the Central High girls on track and field!”
“A lot of foolishness,” croaked Otto. “You go to the school to learn to be smart, no?”