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"How ridiculous!" Jessie cried. "That surely cannot mean you, Bertha."
"Hush!" begged Amy. "It's uncanny."
Again the slow voice enunciated: "Bertha Blair will come home at once. This is serious—a serious call for Bertha Blair."
"Criminy!" shouted Monty Shannon. "I know who that is. It's Mr. Mark Stratford."
"He is calling for you, Bertha," said Jessie. "Can it be possible?"
"Something has happened!" gasped Bertha, starting for the door of the cottage. "Where is that child?"
"Never mind Henrietta. We will take care of her," Jessie called after the worried girl, wishing to relieve her anxiety.