“How do you know?” asked Patsy. “Is it signed by her?”
“There’s no signature,” said Chick. “But I know it’s from her.”
Nick was already on his feet, and he said:
“And she wants help or she never would have sent the message. Chick, you and I start for Philadelphia now. We have just got time to catch the next train that leaves for that city.”
“Do I go, too?” asked Patsy.
“No,” said Nick. “We leave you in charge of the case. Get on to that yacht if you can. I fancy that that’s where the work must be done. We can’t tell how long Chick and I will be away. But, if anything important turns up, wire me to the old place in Philadelphia.
“Now, Chick, we must be off.”
Nick and Chick hurried away, and Patsy went off to start his own difficult work.
CHAPTER XVII.
A NEW SIDE.
Ida met with an experience unusual to her on her trip to Philadelphia.