I loved her on sight. But, I don't know----"
"Cheer up!" exclaimed Mr. Gordon, beamingly. "We'll find her. I take it
upon myself to say that Betty and I will find her for you. Sha'n't we,
Betty?"
"Indeed we will. If she is singing in this country of course it will be
comparatively easy to find her."
"Do you think so?" asked Ida Bellethorne doubtfully. "I have not found it
so, and I have been searching for her for three months now. This is such a
big country! I never imagined it so big until I began to look for Aunt
Ida. It seems like looking for a needle in a haystack."
CHAPTER XVII
OFF ON SNOWSHOES
Mr. Gordon encouraged the English girl at this point in her story by
assuring her that he would, before returning to Canada, put the matter in
the hands of his lawyers and have the search for the elder Ida Bellethorne
conducted in a more businesslike way.
"How did you expect to find your aunt," he asked, "when you first landed
in New York?"
"I knew of a musical journal published there which I believed kept track
of people who sang. I went to that office.
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