But she never goes there alone." "Well, there's lots of things she might be doing.

Come on, let's go down on the pier and take a look." The two boys walked out to the end of the pier and back again, but saw no sign of Marjorie.
On their way home, Tom turned in at his own house.
"Good-by, old chap," he said; "don't look so worried.

Midget will be sitting up laughing at you when you get home." King said good-by, and went on.

He felt a strange depression of heart, as if something must have happened to Midget.

He knew his mother felt no alarm, and perhaps it was foolish, but the fact remained that Midge had never acted like that before.