"Because I do not belong to it. To be content one must not be too curious. That, I believe, is philosophy, and——"
"There is some one coming," interrupted Cora.
"It is Lena. I am like the blind. I know every one's step."
And she was not mistaken, for a moment later Lena entered the room.
CHAPTER XXII
SADDENED HEARTS
"I am afraid she is dead."
"Jack, you must not give up so easily. The detectives have faith in the steamship story." Ed was speaking.
"No, Cora would not be induced, under any circumstance, to take a
Portland boat, and she could not have been taken away unconscious."
"Girls before this have been led away with fake tales of a sick mother, and all that," said Ed feebly, "but I must agree with you—Cora was too level-headed."