A REAL LOVE FEAST
"However did it happen?" demanded Belle.
"Please let the child draw her breath," insisted Mr. Rand. "Remember, she has been kidnapped—a prisoner, a slave!"
"No, not that," objected Helka. "She was my guest."
"I knew we would find her," declared Betty, crowding up to Cora's chair.
"We didn't," contradicted Ed, "she found us. She simply——"
"Flopped down on us," finished Jack. "Cora, I never knew I loved you until I lost you."
"Oh, yes, you did, Jackie. You always made sugary speeches when—you wanted small change."
"And the dogs?" asked the detectives. "What happened to them?"
"We put them to sleep!" announced Cora, in the gravest possible tones.
"Do you know, we never could have done it but for Lena."