"It is a little strange, for she knows I do not like to have her out
late. She was going to John's, wasn't she?"
"I know she went there, for she walked as far as the gate with me.
Perhaps some of the boys are there and will bring her home," said
Bess.
"We will wait a quarter of an hour, and if she does not come I'll send
over to the Armstrongs'," said Mrs. Howard.
The minutes slipped away, but no Louise; and Joanna, who was sent in
search of her, returned with the news that she had left there about
four o'clock.
"Oh, dear! She must be lost!" Bess exclaimed.
"Louise get lost! Nonsense! She could find her way anywhere," said
Carl.
"I hardly think she can be lost, but I am worried about her. Joanna,
you'd better go to Mrs. Warner's, and, Carl, suppose you run over to
Miss Brown's, she may be there," and Aunt Zelie walked to the window
and looked out into the darkness. "It is beginning to snow," she said.
Neither Miss Brown nor the Warners had seen Louise, nor had she been
heard of at the Morrises', and they were trying to think what to do
next when Mr. Hazeltine came in.
"Father, she must be lost, don't you think so?" asked Bess, when
matters were explained to him.
"I don't know what to think," he answered.
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