With a reassuring pat on Freda’s shoulder Cora left her friend, to go to her chums in the other coach. She found them about to organize a searching party to look for her, and they clamored for the reason for her desertion.
She told them something of Freda’s story, and Ed Foster promised to talk the matter over with Mrs. Lewis later, and see if he could give any legal aid.
“It’s too bad!” exclaimed Bess. “There ought to be a law to punish such men.”
“There probably are laws,” said Cora, “but the trouble is there are so many laws that bad men can often use them for their own ends.”
“Bravo, Portia. A Daniel come to judgment!” cried Ed. “With you on her side, Freda is sure to win!”
But, though the motor girls tried to be merry, the little cloud of Freda’s trouble overshadowed them all the way to Crystal Bay.