save me some strawberry shortcake." And she was off
like a breeze and out of sight.

"Wait a minute, Leslie, I'll go up with you," called Clive with his
mouth full of shortcake and cream, but Leslie was already whirling
down the street like the wind. Allison had taken the car, so there was
nothing left for Clive to do but finish his shortcake and think up
some form of amusement with the Freshman vamp for the afternoon.

Allison, meantime, had made a straight dash for the college and sent a
message up to Jane that he must see her at once on very important
business. After what seemed to him an endless wait, word came down
that Jane was not in her room and her roommate knew nothing of her
whereabouts. Allison made a wild dive for his car and drove to every
one of the places where Jane sometimes went to help out with the
children when their mothers were particularly busy, but no Jane
materialized. He drove madly back to the college, forgetting his usual
cool philosophy of life and fancying all sorts of terrible things that
might have happened to Jane. He swept past Eugenia Frazer without even
seeing her and brought up in front of the office once more, intending
to send up and see if Jane had yet returned, but on the steps stood
Leslie waiting for him.

"She's gone to the woods up above the old quarry!" she said anxiously.
"I've just found out. Benny, the kitchen boy, told me. He says he saw
her go out between Chemistry Hall and the Boys' Gym. about an hour
ago. She must have gone right after she left the meeting. Nobody seems
to have seen her since. Nobody but Benny knows anything about her
going to the woods and I gave him some money and told him not to say
anything about it if anyone asked. I was just going to hunt her----"

"That's all right, kid! You take the car and follow up the road. I'll
go through the woods and look for her----!" said Allison, springing
out.

"You will be careful, won't you? You know that quarry is terribly
deep----"

"I _know_!" said Allison, his tone showing his own anxiety. "And Jane
hasn't scrambled around here as much as we have; she hasn't had the
time. And there is so much undergrowth close up to the edge, one could
come on it unaware--especially if one was excited, and not paying
attention----! I better beat it! Jump in and drive me around college
and I'll get off at the gym."

Leslie sprang in and Allison stood on the running-board. His sister
cast a wistful glance at him as she