This was Nat’s kind way of putting the girl at her ease, and when the others went into the dining room, Dorothy took Urania out into the kitchen and told the cook to give her a good dinner for “she needed it.”
“I’ll see you after lunch, Urania,” said Dorothy, as she left the girl smelling the savory dishes that were being served to her.
“All right, miss,” answered Urania, “I’m in a hurry to get away. Some one might want me at the camp,” with a significant look, that meant she might be called to explain her queer conduct of the early morning in the swamp.
CHAPTER VII
A STRANGE GIRL
“Now that it’s all over, and we can think without a guide,” said Dorothy, coming out from the luncheon table, “we really ought to consider Urania—we ought to consult Aunt Winnie about her, and see what would be best to do. She must not run away and be left out in the world alone.”
“My sentiments exactly,” spoke up Ned, who had taken from the table a few crackers just to show the pigeons he was glad to have them home again. “Come along down to the ‘enclosure’ and when we have interviewed the prodigals on their adventures in the wild west show that ‘busted’ up in a shooting match, then we may be able to ‘get cases’ on Urania. I notice she had not yet found her way out of the kitchen.”
“The poor child was famished,” said Dorothy. “I never saw any one eat with such relish.”
“The only real way to eat,” declared Ned. “I believe it would be a good thing for us all to get starved once in a while—when cook is in good humor.”
“Well, I feel better at any rate,” declared Nat. “It’s all very well to travel with a show, but I do like to stop off long enough to get acquainted with my digestive organs.”