CHAPTER V JACK’S SUDDEN DEPARTURE
It was Pat who spread the news. A messenger boy had come late in the night with a telegram for Jack, and now, today, the day after the night alarm, Jack was gone!
“Some one sick or a sudden death?” hazarded Gloria. It was about time for a class and the conversation was necessarily snatchy.
“Jack doesn’t seem to have folks, at least, no one comes to see her,” explained the entertaining Pat, catching her blue barrette in a clump of hair much beyond its capacity.
“We’ll miss her,” spoke up Trixy. “I like Jack; she’s a positive cure for the blues.”
“Isn’t she? Jack is a lark, even if she does dress like—a fire sale.”
Gloria didn’t smile. Pat should not be encouraged in such criticism, especially now that Jack was gone and could not defend herself.
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