"I can't see where it can be," Miss Dixon was saying.
"It was on your dresser when I went up for the salts," said her chum. "Are you sure you didn't take it after that?"
"Positive! It's gone—that's all there is to it."
"What's gone?" asked Ruth.
"One of my rings," was Miss Dixon's answer. "I left it on my dresser and my door was open. It was there when I went down to supper, and we were all at the table together——"
"Except Estelle Brown!" said Miss Pennington quickly.
CHAPTER X
LIEUTENANT VARLEY
For a moment Ruth stood looking with wide-open eyes at the two former vaudeville actresses. On their part they stared boldly at Ruth, and then Miss Dixon turned and slightly winked at Miss Pennington.