The Adventure Girls at Happiness House

re, shut into a room with the doctor and nurse and Gale and the Dean were in the corridor. Gale was pacing up and

re at the door to Phyllis' room. She had a

" the Dean said compassionately. "

suffered so much these past weeks after the hockey accident and now--

the Doctor came out

o in?" G

erful, make her smile but don't le

e," Phyllis said gloomily when Gale was bes

get rid of me so ea

scratched and she lo

room tonight again. See that you are back tomorrow, young lady, or I shall move in here with you. After all, I believe you did it so you w

is said bluntly. "You don't

the way you pulled us out of danger this afternoon and now you--"

get your dinner and study your old

e Doctor and the Dean in c

be all right

said firmly. "But, Miss Howard, I am afraid you

ean he

e Doctor said. "Not too badly crushed but eno

lis!" Gale

until she is well again?" the Dean ask

ange, perhaps, that she should choose to stay here, but even the college infirmary was

r dinner with me,"

campus. "I-I'd rather be alone, thank you. I h

ep in thought until at last she reached the sorority house. She met Adele Stevens and Ricky and conveyed to t

gs. Quite suddenly she sat erect before her desk and stared with narrowed eyes at the wall opposite. That had been a goodly pile of lumber this afternoon. It had been piled, perhaps a bit precariously, but neverthel

t the more she thought about it the more plausible it became. She had thought

he lumber fell upon Phyllis. She had a fleeting vision of the sa

epped into the hall. No one was in sight. She sped down

Gale?" the Senior aske

sly. "I-I can't study. I thou

dly. "All right, Gale. I suppose you can

as gone before the sorority p

sorority houses shone yellow with light. Gale stepped along briskly. She passed the dormitory houses and halted before the Chemistry Hall. There was

e scene of the afternoon. The lumber lay as it had fallen. In her mind's eye Gale could still see Phyllis lying there. She shivered and turned away. Carefully she went over the ground. Caught under a board, torn almost in

darkness, the shadowy world about her, and the knowledge of another's presence. She strained her ears to catch the faintest sound. There w

It was obvious that he was searching for something. He crouched low to the ground, examining every foot of space thoroughly with a small pocket lamp. What could he be searching for? Could it be the note in her pocket? Convulsively her hand closed about the muddy piece of paper. It must be this! There was nothing else here. Gale took a step backward as t

len! Her clumsiness had spoiled everything! The man was gone now and so was her chance of

not only that, she didn't fancy being out late on the campus with that mysterious stranger-the mystery man who knew her identity but whom she did not know. He had her at a decided disadvantage. He knew, now, who was spying on

en message was still clearly legible. There was nothing to distinguish this typewriting from any other except-the letter R was slightly raised above the level of the o

into bed. She would turn all the girls into Sherlock Holme