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The Motor Girls Through New England (Large Print Edition)
The Motor Girls Through New England - Large Print Edition Author:Margaret Penrose THE SHADOW — "Look, girls! There's a man!" — "Where?" — "Just creeping under the dining-room window!" — "What can he want--looks suspicious!" — "Oh, I'm afraid to go in!" — "Hush! We won't go in just now!" — "If only the boys were here!" — "Well, don't cry--they will be here soon." — "See! He's getting under the fence! There he goes!" — "Did you get a... more » look at him?"
"Yes, a good look. I'll know him next time."
Bess, Belle and Cora were holding this whispered conversation. It was
Belle, the timid, who wanted to cry, and it was Cora who had really
seen the man--got the good look. Bess did say she wished the boys were
around, but Bess had great confidence in those boys, and this remark,
when a man was actually sneaking around Clover Cottage, was perfectly
pardonable.
The motor girls had just returned from a delightful afternoon ride
along the shore road at Lookout Beach. Bess and Belle Robinson,
otherwise Elizabeth and Isabel, the twins, were in their little
car--the _Flyaway_--and Cora Kimball was driving her fine,
four-cylinder touring affair, both machines having just pulled up in
front of Clover Cottage, the summer home of the Robinsons.
"Did the boys say they would come directly from the post-office?" asked
Belle, as she eyed the back fence suspiciously.
"Yes, they had to drop some mail in the box. We won't attempt to go in
until they come. At any rate, I have a little something to do to the
_Whirlwind_," and Cora pulled off her gloves, and started to get a
wrench out of the tool box.
"I'll get busy, too," declared Bess. "It will look better in case our
friend happens to come around the corner."
"No danger," and Cora glanced up from the tool box. "I fancy that
gentleman is not of the type that runs into facts."
"Do you think he is a burglar?" asked Belle.
"Well, I wouldn't say just that. But he certainly is not
straightforward. And that is a bad sign," replied Cora.
"And not a person in the house to help us," sighed Belle. "Oh, I don't
see why mamma----"
"Now, Belle Robinson!" interrupted her sister. "You know perfectly
well that mamma had to take Nellie and Rose over to Drifton. They have