letter I had for you, you'd have found out about it. As it is, you'll

just have to keep on guessing--I'm mad!"

"I'm sorry," said Bowles. "The reason I asked was, Brig and I are planning to make a little trip somewhere, and if I thought there was any one searching for me I'd----"

"Oh, you don't need to run away!" explained Dixie hurriedly. "I'll tell you when to skip--but you don't know what you missed by not reading that