"Have you—have you found the ghost?" asked Betty.
"No, it's a girl, and she seems to have fainted."
"A—a girl!" faltered Mollie.
They all ran to where Mr. Blackford's voice sounded. It was in the very room where Mollie had been held a prisoner. And there, in the center of the apartment, supported in Mr. Blackford's arms, was a girl. At the sight of her Betty cried:
"It is she! It is she! It is the girl who so strangely ran away from us. The one who fell out of the tree! Carrie Norton!"
CHAPTER XXII
A SWINDLED FARMER
Surprise at Betty's exclamation held her companions silent for a moment, and then Mollie cried:
"Are you sure, Betty? Are you sure? Can it be possible that we have found her again?"