The description had been nearly finished, and from Mr. and Mrs. Stonington had been exacted a tentative promise that Amy could go if the rest did, when the telephone bell rang.
"It's Will on the wire," said Amy to Grace. "He wants to speak to you."
"How did he know I was here?" asked Grace, as she took the receiver from her chum. "Oh, papa must have told him. Yes, what is it, Will? What! Mr. Blackford there? And he has some strange news of his missing sister? Yes, you and he can come right over!"
She turned and gazed with startled eyes at her chums.
"I—I wonder if he has found her?" faltered Mollie.
CHAPTER IV
MR. BLACKFORD'S CLUE
"Hope I didn't disturb any family party," apologized Mr. Blackford, when he and Will called at the Stonington home a little later that evening.
"Not at all," greeted Amy. "Come in. We are planning another season of activity."