At the first opportunity the following day, Betty and Eloise came in with sober faces to see Cathalina and Hilary.
“Listen!” said Eloise, mysteriously. “Betty has something to tell you. She had an adventure last night.”
“Girls,” said Betty impressively, “never, never go out alone after night.”
“That advice would certainly suit Miss Randolph.”
“Well, Miss Randolph is right! Honestly I never realized till this morning what might have happened. Why, I might have been kidnapped!
“And please let’s keep this to ourselves,” continued Betty. “Only Lilian knows it in our suite, and Eloise, and we want to know what you girls think of it all.
“I wanted to finish a problem last night; so I told the girls to go and I would come in a few minutes. I had on the sheet and everything. Pretty soon the door opened a little farther,—the girls had left it ajar—and in flew a big envelope. I had my mind on the problem and didn’t ‘come to’ for a minute, then went over and picked up the envelope. It was addressed to me with a note in it, everything printed in crazy letters. ‘Very important. Meet me outside. Back door unlocked. Big oak near the janitor’s—have to bring up eats—hurry—don’t let the night watchman see you—Ghost Eloise.’ I thought Elo’ was in a hurry and in a ‘funny’ humor, ghosts and so forth, and never suspected a thing. I looked out in the hall and saw several girls in sheets going the right way for the party, so I hurried down the back way, wondering where Eloise had gotten a key and why she should mention the night watchman if she had permission to get the eats, as I supposed she had. I was such a dummy! There was a light at the janitor’s house, so I wasn’t scared a bit.
“Well, I waited and waited and waited! No Eloise, of course. And I was just going to start over to the janitor’s when lo and behold the light there went out! I whirled on my heel to go back to the Hall,—and there was a young man walking rapidly toward me out of the grove!”
“My sakes, Betty, you take my breath,” said Hilary. “Is this a movie?”