might both do better to `chip in' and buy a new kit of tools,"
said Cora.

At precisely eight forty-five o'clock the next morning the
Whirlwind drew up in front of the post-office. The start was to
be made from that point, and Cora was first to arrive. With her
were Hazel Hastings, and Gertrude Adams, a school friend of
Cora's.

Two minutes later the Flyaway puffed into sight with the Robinson
twins smiling serenely from her two-part seat.

Scarcely had the occupants of the two car exchanged greetings than
Daisy Bennet and Maud Morris drove up in the Bennet runabout,
called the Breeze. On account of the change of plan, Ray Stuart
was to ride with Cora, instead of with Clip, as was at first
proposed. Ray met the girls at the post-office. As predicted,
she did look like a brand new bisque statue. She wore a soft silk
coat, of light green pongee, the same shade hood, over which
"rested," one might say, a long white chiffon veil. It reposed on
the hood, where two secret pins held it, but otherwise the veil
was mingled with Ray's expression and the surrounding atmosphere.
The girls sighed as they beheld her. She had been waiting for
some minutes in the post-office, and needless to say there were
others waiting, too - not altogether engrossed in reading the
latest mail.

Cora stepped out of the Whirlwind and opened the tonneau door for
Ray. Hazel and she were to ride within the car, while Gertrude
shared the seat with Cora. Cora wore her regular motor togs. The