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Percy, underneath, snored lustily, and Ben chopped wood and piled up the logs scientifically for a fire that evening. Alberdina's supper was distinctly German in flavor, but it was good and Billie and Nancy enjoyed freedom from the bondage of cooking the evening meal. After supper the wind freshened and it grew much cooler. "It's going to be a dark night. There's no moon," remarked Ben, wistfully.
Dey have robbed dis house. Dey haf made to turn red dos vite clothes." In dead silence they descended from the motor car and filed into the house to investigate Alberdina's wild, incoherent story. There were certainly signs of an invasion in the locker rooms, everything tipsy turvy on the floor. Alberdina showed them the ropes that had bound her.
Lupo, tamed and domestic, to take Alberdina's place at the camp, and Alberdina was to come at once to the cabin. Mrs. Lupo could give no reason; that was all the message stated, except that the patient was doing well. The doctor went down the path to meet them, when the car stopped under the brow of the hill.
Somehow, the presence of Phoebe, unruffled and calm through all the danger, had had its influence on all of them. Even Alberdina's emotions had been hushed by contact with that peaceful nature. It was well past six o'clock before the exhausted household awakened next morning at Percy's trumpet call.
In the meantime they questioned her concerning her father's movements. He had left the cabin with his zither the morning of the day before and had not been seen since, except when he had appeared at the camp and cut Alberdina's bonds. "Has he ever stayed away before at night?" asked Dr. Hume. "No, never.
Here, indeed, was a creature too healthy to know the name of fear, and too good-natured to object to hard work. The brilliant red cheeks and broad engaging smile immediately decided Billie to put all her accumulated linen in wash at once. On top of Alberdina's large peasant head was perched a small round hat, positively the most ludicrous thing ever seen in the shape of millinery.
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