CHAPTER 11
The Mexican Camp
QUESTIONED by Veve and Connie, Eileen related what had occurred on the return trip from the canning factory.
After Miss Gordon had cleaned the mud from the little girl’s clothing, she and the Brownie leader had waited quite a while for the Wingate truck.
The trucker had been very willing to give them a lift back to the Hooper farm. However, on the way to the orchard, he had chosen a shorter side road instead of taking the main highway.
Not far from the canning factory, the truck had passed a camp where the Mexican cherry pickers lived.
“Several Mexican blankets hung on a clothes line strung up between two trees,” Eileen revealed. “And guess what I saw on another?”
“What?” demanded Veve.
“I saw the missing quilt! Our crazy quilt!”