"I have often thought I would go to Miss Atkins and ask her why she left me to languish dinnerless in my room after inviting me to eat, drink and be merry," mused Elfreda.

"I hate to go home with the mystery unsolved.

I believe I will go ask her now," she declared, with sudden energy.

"I know she's alone, for the Enigma isn't there to-night." Elfreda had recently bestowed this title upon Mildred Taylor on account of her inexplicable attitude toward Grace.
"I have been disappointed in little Miss Taylor," remarked Miriam slowly.

"I was so sure that she would prove another Arline Thayer.