evidently come prepared for just what they knew was likely to
happen.

In all the strange series of events, I doubt whether we had ever
made better time from the laboratory over to the Dodge house than
we did now. We were admitted by the faithful Jennings and almost
ran into the library.

"Oh, Craig!" cried Elaine, as Kennedy, almost speechless, seized
her by both hands.

For a few seconds none of us could speak. Then followed a
veritable flood of eager conversation.

I watched Elaine carefully, in fact we all did, for she seemed, in
spite of the excitement of her return, to be almost a complete
nervous wreck from the terrible experiences she had undergone.

"Won't you come and stay with me a few days up in the country,
dear?" urged Mary at last.

Elaine thought a moment, then turned to Aunt Josephine.

"Yes," considered her aunt, "I think it would do you good."

Still she hesitated; then shyly looked at Kennedy and laughed.
"You, too, Craig, must be fagged out," she said frankly. "Come up
there with us and take a rest."

Kennedy smiled. "I shall be delighted," he accepted promptly.