As they passed through the lobby a bellhop was called to the desk, and then he charged after the two girls.
“Please, Miss! Which is Miss Dale?” he asked, looking at the letter in his hand.
Dorothy held out her hand and took it. It was written on the hotel stationery, and the handwriting was strange to her. She tore it open at once. She read the line or two of the note, and then stopped, stunned.
“What is it?” asked Tavia, wonderingly.
Dorothy handed her the note. It was signed “G. Knapp” and read as follows:
“Dear Miss Dale:
“Did your friend get her bag and money all right?”
CHAPTER VII
GARRY SEES A WALL AHEAD
“Why, what under the sun! How did he come to know about it?” demanded Tavia. “Goodness!”
“He—he maybe—had something to do with recovering it for you,” Dorothy said faintly. Yet in her heart she knew that it was hope that suggested the idea, not reason.