"
"Now, what are you going to do?"
"Hanged if I know, Merriwell! I'll be driven to something desperate,
soon. Tell me what the girls said about it."
"I don't think they knew anything about it. They reported that Winnie
had been sick in her room, and the doctor had instructed that they were
not to see her or disturb her."
"Is she in the house, then?"
"I can't tell. She may be, and she may not be. One thing is sure, Buck.
Her father is not going to let you see her again. And that makes me
think it possible he has spirited her out of the city. If she is in the
house, the pretense that she is sick cannot be kept up long."
"I don't know about that," said the Kansan dubiously. "I allow that
likely she is sick. The thing has almost sent me to bed, and the effect
on her might be as bad."
"Worse, probably."
"If she is sick in that house, I'm going to see her, if I have to fight
my way in."
"And be arrested. No, that's not the way, Badger. I'll see Elsie and
Inza this evening, and we'll find out something definite."
"You have helped me before in this matter, Merry!" the Kansan gratefully
exclaimed.
"And am ready to do so again. I feel more certain now than I did then
that Winnie is not in danger of throwing herself away on you. Pardon me
for speaking so plainly.
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