“Oh Tavia! It is all right! Father has recovered all his money! And—what do you think? It was Jean’s uncle who was at fault! He had committed a forgery, and was keeping the funds for his own use! That is why Jean left!”
Both girls were speechless with excitement after this startling information was realized. It was Dorothy who spoke first.
“I am so sorry for her,” she said. “Think, if it had been father who lost all!”
“But your father would not commit a forgery,” said Tavia, in her own way.
“Yes, but neither did Jean,” objected Dorothy.
“Well, at any rate, let us be glad,” insisted Tavia. “Here is the first act,” and she tried to do a tom-boyish somersault over Dorothy’s hat box.
Then there was a rush through the hall. It meant that the girls were coming to Room Nineteen. The rush continued until Dorothy was placed on the floor, and Cologne occupied her chair while Tavia had been, not too carefully, lifted to the top of the chiffonier, from which all things had previously been removed.
The “T’s” were there as well as the Glens, but Cologne was “spokesman.”
“We have come——” she began.
“You don’t say,” interrupted Tavia.