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But Leslie was down again in ain the doorway, her curls tunant little set of lips and chin giving her a worried expression

"Jewel, dear, I've got to go; there's soet back No, please, I couldn't eat now You get Cherry to save me some strawberry shortcake" And she was off like a breeze and out of sight

"Wait a o up with you," called Clive with his mouth full of shortcake and crea down the street like the wind Allison had taken the car, so there was nothing left for Clive to do but finish his shortcake and think up some form of amusement with the Freshman vaht dash for the college and sent a e up to Jane that he must see her at once on very important business After what seemed to him an endless wait, word came down that Jane was not in her roo of her whereabouts Allison made a wild dive for his car and drove to every one of the places where Jane sometimes went to help out with the children when their mothers were particularly busy, but no Janehis usual cool philosophy of life and fancying all sorts of terrible things that enia Frazer without even seeing her and brought up in front of the office onceto send up and see if Jane had yet returned, but on the steps stood Leslie waiting for hione to the woods up above the old quarry!" she said anxiously "I've just found out Benny, the kitchen boy, told o out between Cheo SheNobody see about her going to the woods and I gave hi about it if anyone asked I was just going to hunt her----"

"That's all right, kid! You take the car and follow up the road I'll go through the woods and look for her----!" said Allison, springing out

"You will be careful, won't you? You know that quarry is terribly deep----"