“Yes,” responded the stranger. “I love to walk, but yesterday I had—some letters to write.”
Over in the corner Nita Brandt, Lena Berg and Amy Brooks were talking with their heads very close together.
Then Nita was noticed to leave them and re-enter the classroom, where Miss Bylow still remained.
“That means something,” said Cologne aside to Dorothy, “and this is the time I forgot my handkerchief, and I must go back for it,” and with this Rose-Mary hurried into the room where Nita had just entered.
Nita stopped half way to Miss Bylow’s desk.
“I’ve forgotten my handkerchief,” explained Rose-Mary, as the other paused, and the teacher looked up for an explanation.
It took Cologne quite some time to search for the “missing” article.
Miss Bylow looked to Nita for her explanation. Nita was now forced to go to the desk.
“I found this on the floor,” Rose-Mary heard her say in a low voice, as she handed to the teacher a slip of paper.
Miss Bylow glanced at some written words.