"Pity to take it
all, though. You should have left some for the turtles. They like
mud."
Jack, who followed Ed, said something in conventional greeting to
Ida. But the girl with Sid never turned her head to look in the
direction of the Whirlwind. Cora remarked on this in a low voice to
Isabel and Elizabeth.
"I hear that you are going in for--er--Wall Street," said Sid to Ed
in rather a sarcastic voice.
"Oh, no. Nothing like that. No chance for a lamb like me in Wall
Street. It's too much of a losing game."
"Oh, I don't know," drawled Sid. "A fellow might make good, and
then do--well, better."
Ed glanced at Jack. How did Sid know about Ed's plan to take stock
in the new bank? That was a question that each youth flashed to the
other.
There was something unpleasant in the manner of Sidney Wilcox. All
in the party seemed to feel it. And as far as the girls were
concerned, they noticed much of the same manner in Ida, though Jack
and Ed were not quite so critical. As for Walter, he did not seem to
be giving Ida a thought. But it is doubtful if she was so
indifferent toward him. Still, she would not look in his direction
while Cora and her two chums were with him.
Corn walked slowly up the broad store steps; Bess and Belle
following.
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