"For
goodness' sake, what is the use of making such a fuss about that old
map?" she said. "And in the rain, too!"
"Yes, if that were you and I, Grace," said Betty, "the boys would say
something about 'isn't that just like a woman,' or, 'aren't girls the
limit--always arguing about nothing?'"
"Votes for women!" Allen shouted. "Since when have you taken to stump
oratory, Betty?"
"Oh, she is just naturally eloquent," said Grace languidly and they all
laughed, even Frank--although his brow clouded anxiously a minute later.
"However, all this isn't getting us anywhere," he said. "We can't stay
out here in the rain all night, you know."
"I don't believe any of us expect to," said Allen, dryly. "What do you
say we take that side road we passed a little way back, Frank? We can at
least see where it leads and we can inquire our way as we go along."
"I don't know whom we shall find to inquire of," said Frank, who,
contrary to his usual custom, persisted in looking at the gloomy side of
everything. "We didn't pass a soul on the way down."
"Please cheer up, Frank," laughed Betty.
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