see her folks, too; so we must not delay your journey. When you
come back, however, mother wants her daughter to herself for a
little while. We have been separated so much that I am not sure the
fairies have not sent a changeling to me!" and she laughed.

At that, for it was not a hearty laugh and Momsey's eyes glistened,
if Nan had not given her promise, "black and blue," to Rhoda, she
would have excused herself and not gone to Rose Ranch at all. She
knew that Momsey was lonely.

But Mrs. Sherwood did not mean to spoil her daughter's enjoyment.
And the opportunity to see this distant part of the country was too
good to be neglected. Nan might never again have such a chance to
go West.

So the three girls were sent off without any tears for the
rendezvous with the Masons and Mrs. Janeway at Chicago.

They found Grace and Walter all right; but as the Masons had no
idea what Mrs. Janeway looked like, and that lady had no
description of the Masons, they had not met. Rhoda had to look up
her mother's friend.

"What are you going to do, Rhoda?" asked the bubbling Bess. "Track
her down as you would an Indian? Look for signs--?"

"I don't believe in signs," responded Rhoda. "I am going to look
for the best dressed woman in Chicago. Such lovely clothes as she
wears!"