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The Motor Girls on a Tour by Margaret Penrose
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"You are all - lovely," she declared, "and I always like blue
eyes!"

Mrs. Salvey added her felicitations to those of her little
daughter. "This has indeed been a most enjoyable visit," she
said, "and I hope you will all try to keep your strange promise.
I believe where one is so serious as is Wren something good is
sure to result. If we could find that table - "

"Perhaps you will," said Cora pleasantly. "We are about to start
on a long trip. We will make numbers of stops, and I assure you
we will never forget to look for the table. I am sure it will
give us a very pleasant duty to keep our eyes open."

"Indeed, it will," declared Cecilia warmly. "I only hope I shall
be the lucky one - for I feel a sort of premonition that some one
in this party really will be the means of bringing little Wren the
good news. I have a mental picture of the table. I shall know it
instantly."

"It would be very easy to recognize it," said Mrs. Salvey, opening
the door as her visitors filed out. "The inlaid anchors are most
conspicuous on the leaves."

Outside Cecilia renewed her antics. "Stick a hatpin in me -
somebody do!" she exclaimed. "But not yours, Ray. I never could
stand for that college, even in a stick."

Ray smiled and hurried into her car. The fair chauffeurs cranked
up quickly, for it was almost dusk, and there was considerable
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