I missed him so, for he knew us so well and would eat from
our hands. You see we established a little kingdom here. Laurel
was queen and we, the birds and other life creatures, were all her
subjects."
Laurel blushed through her tan. "Yes, he had to do something," she
said, "else the days would have been too long."
The chug of a motor-boat interrupted them. "That's Cora," said
Jack, and so it was.
CHAPTER XXVI
IN SEARCH OF HONOR
Cora brought back with her the letter promised by Brentano in his
note of mystery. This time she confided in Laurel her scheme for
unraveling the tangled skein in the web of dishonor that had been
woven about the strange girl's father.
Ben had spoken to Cora at the Landing. He seemed to think that Cora
might know more about the trouble between Peters and Tony than he
had expected at first.
"But I don't, Ben," she insisted, while Ed was absent getting mail.
"You give me credit for being better able to solve mysteries than I
am. Is he worse hurt than they thought, Ben?"
"Much worse, miss. Of course, he's not dangerous, but the officers
want Tony the worst way. Now if you could tell where to find him--"
"But I can't," she explained. "They came to me--"
And then she stopped suddenly. If Ben did not know of the visit of
the detectives she was not going to tell him. She had had a faint
suspicion that Ben might have sent them to her.
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