"
"Maybe that is where he plays cards," suggested Betty.
"As soon as he saw me he leaped on his motorcycle and left in a hurry,
before I had a chance to say a word to him."
"What a shame that you didn't have a chance to have him arrested," cried
Amy.
The girls talked the matter over for several minutes. As the motorcyclist
was gone there seemed nothing they could do.
"But we'll keep our eyes open for him," declared Betty.
"I think this is the most wonderful town," Mollie remarked after a pause.
"Why there's hardly a house that I visited but what the people were
willing to accommodate at least one boarder, and in some cases two or
three, and, what's more," waving her hand enthusiastically, "several of
them didn't even want to take any money for it."
"And I found almost the very same thing," agreed Betty, as they linked
arms and started on the homeward walk. "I guess we have enough promises to
start with now, and I don't think we'll have any trouble finding quarters
for all who want them."
"I shouldn't wonder if Mrs. Watson is right about our reputation," said
Grace, a little ruefully. "Because the minute Mrs. Robinson opened the
door and saw me she said she hadn't the slightest idea what I was going to
ask her this time, but, seeing it was one of the girls from the Hostess
House, she expected to say yes, anyway."
The girls laughed and for some time afterward walked on in silence, busy
with their thoughts.
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