The three “Automobile Girls” were disappointed. Eunice could remember no associations but Indian ones. There was nothing to prove that Eunice was not an Indian except the child’s appearance.
Mollie decided to make another venture.
“Eunice,” she asked, “do you still wear the gold chain around your neck? I saw it the day you were hurt. It is so pretty I should like you to show it to my friends.”
The Indian girl looked frightened. “You will not tell my grandmother?” she pleaded. “She would be very angry if she knew I wore it. I found the pretty chain, one day, among some other gold things in an old box in the wigwam.” Why! Eunice pointed in sudden excitement to the watch Ruth wore fastened on the outside of her blouse—“there was a round shiny thing like that in the box. The other golden ornaments are at the wigwam. Only this chain is Indian. So there seemed no wrong in my wearing it.”
Eunice slipped her chain from under her gown. Ruth and Grace examined it closely.
“Eunice,” Grace exclaimed, “there are two English letters engraved on the pendant of your chain. They are E. L., I am pretty sure.”
“The same letters are on all the gold things,” Eunice declared.
“Well, E. stands for Eunice plainly enough,” volunteered Ruth, “but I can’t guess what the L. means.”
Mollie said nothing.
“You know, Ruth,” protested Grace, “the initials may not be Eunice’s. The child only found the chain at the wigwam. There is no telling where the jewelry she speaks of came from.”