Kitty thought she had more reason than anyone else for doubting that that fire had been started by a careless patriot. She had thought at first that she would keep quiet about the little incident on the bus last night, but now she made up her mind to take Brad Mason into her confidence. Brad might be in a position to make some investigations that she could not about the sailor.
CHAPTER FIVE
THE SNACK BAR
Nutrition classes were suspended for the duration of the emergency.
“You’ll learn more through actual experience now,” Miss Pearson told them, “than I could teach you in many lessons.”
Kitty spent as much time as possible during the next three days helping to feed the homeless cannery workers and their families. Tuesday evening she was much too weary to go to the regular USO party, and so she had no opportunity to see Brad till the following Saturday.
By that time her excitement over the fire had cooled, and she was afraid he would think her silly to accuse the strange sailor of having anything to do with it. A score of times she had heard her father say, “When in doubt say nothing.” So she wisely followed his advice.
There was so much work to be done in the closing days of the nutrition class that she had no time to think of anything else. The course had opened up to her a whole new world of practical interest.
“I can’t believe we’ve learned so much in two weeks,” she said to Lana and Vera.
“I’m surely glad Miss Pearson taught us every day, instead of once a week as they do in some places,” said Vera.