"Where?" asked Gladys, eagerly.
"Give me the ten cents first," he demanded. Gladys gave him a dime. "They had their car fixed at the garage over there," he said. "They came in with a lamp and a fender smashed. I was in the garage and I saw them. They were talking to a young fellow on a motor-bike. Afterward, I seen them leaving town and pretty soon I seen the fellow starting after them."
"What day was that?" asked Gladys.
"It was Thursday morning when they came in," he said, "and it was Friday afternoon when they went out."
Friday afternoon! And that was Saturday! The girls hastened over to the garage and inquired about the Glow-worm.
"There was a car like that in here Thursday morning," agreed the proprietor. "The right headlight and the right front fender were broken. They had run into a limousine in the fog the night before. I had it all fixed up by three in the afternoon and they came and got the car, but pretty soon they brought it back and said they weren't going to leave town that night. One of the girls was sick, they said. They got it the next morning and I haven't seen them since. But I heard them tell a young fellow that came in to get his motorcycle looked over that they were going to Chicago. By the way, you say there were four girls in tan suits. There were five when they brought the car in in the morning."
Well might the girls be puzzled by the three things they had found out that day.
First. Nyoda and the other girls were considered rogues by the woman at Number 43 Main Street.
Second. There were five girls in the Glow-worm instead of four.
Third. Nyoda had gone on to Chicago instead of waiting for them as they had requested in their message and had left no word for them.