“Why, I cal’late that gal Sidney and I don’t know who else—”
“Sidney went with Miss Vine!” protested Achsa.
But at that moment Miss Letty appeared in the door, as scantily clad as the doctor had been. From her window which faced Doctor Blackwell’s house, she had heard the men summoning him. She had lost no time in getting to Sunset Lane.
“Who went with me? Where? What’s happened?”
Now Aunt Achsa let her whole weight drop against Mr. Dugald.
“Didn’t Sidney go ’long to Truro with you?” she asked falteringly.
“I didn’t go to Truro. Knew this storm was comin’. Where—”
“Oh—h!” Aunt Achsa moaned Mr. Dugald motioned to Miss Vine.
“Take care of things—here. I’m off—”
“Cap’n Davies and Jim Saunders and Pete Cady’s gone out in the Sally,” cried one of the men who had brought Lavender home. But Dugald Allan had plunged into the darkness without hearing him. The men rushed after him.