“Oh,” gasped Eleanor, “how can we do it?”
Polly looked amazed at such a question, and retorted: “Why, with money and brains, to be sure!”
“Is that why he’s coming tomorrow evening?” asked Eleanor.
“Yes; he is now staying at Mr. Dalken’s apartment, and both of them are coming over tomorrow. He says he has been West since we last saw him, and he stopped at Pebbly Pit to see the folks, on his way back from the Coast. That is why he has not been heard from—he was called away so suddenly, and just got back today.”
“I wonder why he took all the trouble to go to Pebbly Pit?” said Eleanor. “He didn’t know a soul there!”
“That’s what I asked him, and he says he will tell us all about it tomorrow night,” explained Polly.