Maria at once went close to her.

Maud asked about her little sister.

She had heard that she was found, although it was almost inconceivable how the news had spread at such an early hour.
"I am real glad she's found," said Maud.

Then she stared curiously at Maria.

"Say, was it so ?" she asked.
"Was what true ?" asked Maria, trembling.
"Was it true that you and Wollaston Lee and Gladys Mann all went to New York looking for your sister, and came out on the last train ?" "Yes, it is true," replied Maria, quite steadily.
"What ever made you ?" "I thought she might have gone to a cousin of Hers who used to live on Forty-ninth Street, but we found the cousin had moved when we got there." "Gracious!" said Maud.