“I like you,” she said with deep feeling. “You’ve been kind. Will you come to see me sometime while you’re here?”
“Of course! I’ve not brought back those clothes I borrowed yet!”
“I’ll look for you,” Sally declared warmly. “I feel that you’re a real friend.”
Squeezing Penny’s hand again, she sprang aboard the bus and was lost in the throng of passengers.
CHAPTER
9
SALLY’S HELPER
Several days of inactivity followed for Penny at Shadow Island. For the most part, Jack was friendly and tried to provide entertainment. However, he was away much of the time, supervising the work of repairing and getting the Spindrift into condition for the coming trophy race.
Sally Barker’s name seldom was mentioned in the Gandiss household, though it was known that the girl intended to enter the competition regardless of her disgrace at the factory. Once Penny asked Jack point-blank what he thought of the entire matter.
“Just what I always did,” he answered briefly. “Sally never took anything from the factory. It wouldn’t be in keeping with her character.”
“Then why isn’t she cleared?”
“Father did take the matter up with the personnel department, but he doesn’t want to go over the manager’s head. The brass was found in her locker and quite a few employes learned about it.”