“By the way, I don’t recall packing the Brownie crazy quilt,” she said. “Did either of you look after it?”
“Not I,” said Rosemary.
“Neither did I,” returned Veve. “I didn’t even see the quilt under the tree when we picked up the lunch baskets.”
“Maybe one of the mothers took it,” suggested Rosemary.
Miss Gordon now was rather troubled.
“I should have thought about the quilt, but it slipped my mind,” she said, slowing the car. “It may have been left under the tree. I believe we should drive back there to make certain.”
The Brownie leader turned the automobile around and returned to the Hooper orchard. This time she went with Rosemary and Veve to the oak tree where they had eaten the picnic lunch.
However, they could not find the crazy quilt.
“One of the Brownie mothers may have taken it,” Miss Gordon decided. “Oh, well, I wanted to be sure the quilt wasn’t left behind. Odd, I didn’t see anyone carry it to a car.”