We've been looking everywhere for you." At sight of her husband's face Ma inquired, in sudden anxiety, "What's wrong, Gus ?" "It's Buddy," Allie declared.
"'Tain't serious," Briskow said.

"And it is, too.

He's left school--run away! Here, Mr.Gray, see what you make out of it." Gray read aloud the letter that was handed to him, a letter from the principal of the institution that he himself had recommended, stating that Ozark had disappeared without doing the college authorities the courtesy of leaving an address.

Inasmuch as he had never expressed the slightest dissatisfaction with his surroundings, the writer was at a loss to explain the reason for this disappearance.

As to Ozark's safety, there was no immediate cause for apprehension, for he had taken with him three trunks of clothing, a high-powered touring car, and a Belgian police dog; but certain of the young man's exploits that had come to light since his departure aroused grave doubts in the principal's mind of his moral well-being.
"What's it mean ?" the mother inquired.
"It means that Buddy has taken a vacation.