CHAPTER XIV
THE LIGHT ON LIGHTHOUSE ISLAND
Laura looked faintly excited for a minute, then she leaned back wearily in her seat again.
“I’m just as sure as you are, Billie, that there’s something funny about it,” she said. “But if we really had wanted to solve the mystery, we should have stayed at Three Towers. The first thing they do in detective stories is to shadow the people they suspect. And how can we do that, I’d like to know, when we’re running straight away from them?”
This was very good reasoning. Even Billie and Connie had to admit that, and they began to look worried.
“Perhaps I shouldn’t have asked you girls to visit me. Then you might have stayed at Three Towers for the summer and solved the mystery. Now I’ve spoiled all the fun——”
“Connie! don’t be such an absolute goose,” cried Billie, putting a hand over Connie’s mouth. “Do you suppose we’d have missed this for anything?”
“Anyway,” added Vi hopefully, “we may find some more mysteries on Lighthouse Island.”