Miss Gordon was nearly frantic with worry. The train had started to move.
“Miss, are you getting on, or staying?” called the brakeman.
Before the Brownie leader could decide, Connie began to make strange motions. All the Brownies crowded to the car windows, beckoning for Miss Gordon to board the train.
The teacher thought they were only afraid that she would be left behind and they would have to go on alone to Snow Valley. Then she was startled to see Veve’s face pressed against the car window.
Miss Gordon didn’t hesitate an instant. She swung aboard the train a moment before the compartment doors were closed.
Feeling weak and trembly, she walked back to the Brownies.
“Oh, Connie,” she murmured. “I thought you said Veve wasn’t aboard. It gave me such a fright!”
“But Veve wasn’t in the car when you asked me,” Connie explained soberly. “She came in as you were calling through the window.”
“That’s right,” agreed Veve. “I found my pocketbook. I was afraid the train might start up, so I got on the first car I came to and walked back. The train’s a long one—that’s why it took me so long to find this car.”
“Oh, Veve,” murmured Miss Gordon. “You might have missed the train.”