Now I can begin to think about something else." "I wonder why Grace and Anne haven't paid us a call this morning ?" mused Miriam, who sat listlessly before her trunk, apparently undecided whether to begin the tedious labor of unpacking or to put it off until some more convenient day.
"I'll go and find them," volunteered Elfreda, dropping her hammer and turning toward the door.

"They must be at home." Five minutes later she raced back with the news that their door was locked and the "out indefinitely" sign was displayed.
"That is very strange," pondered Miriam, aloud.

"I wonder where they have gone ?" "Why on earth didn't they tell us they were going?
That's what I'd like to know," declared Elfreda.
"Perhaps Mrs.Elwood knows something about it," suggested Miriam.
The mere mention of Mrs.Elwood's name caused Elfreda to dart through the hall and downstairs to the living-room in search of the good-natured matron.

Failing to find her, she walked through the kitchen to the shady back porch, where Mrs.Elwood sat rocking and reading the newspaper which the newsboy had just brought.
"Oh, Mrs.Elwood," she cried, "have you seen Grace and Anne?
We can't find them." "Didn't Miss Dean tell you ?" asked Mrs.Elwood in a surprised tone.
"Miss Dean," repeated Elfreda disgustedly.

"No wonder we didn't know what had become of them.