Can
Cousin Dick come home?"
"I hadn't thought of that!" exclaimed Cameron. "Why, no; that is, if
he can't go back to his office again. We'll have to telephone him to
stay in New York until the siege is raised. There are many things to
think of, but as I am responsible for bringing you people up here,
naturally that worries me the most. I'm not to blame for the maid's
illness or for Dick's enforced absence from home. But I AM to blame
for bringing you girls up here at all."
"Don't talk of blame, Mr. Cameron, please," said Patty's soft voice;
"you kindly brought us here to give us pleasure and you did so. The
fact that this emergency has arisen is of no blame to anybody. The
only one to be blamed is the one who cannot meet it bravely!"
CHAPTER XI
MEETING IT BRAVELY
"You're the most wonderful girl in the world!" exclaimed Cameron, in
a burst of admiration at Patty's speech.
But Kenneth looked steadily at Patty, with a thoughtful gaze.
"You're keyed up," he said to her, gently; "and if you take it like
that, you'll collapse."
"Like what?" Patty snapped out the words, for her nerves were strung
to a high tension.
"Doing the hysterical histrionic act," and Kenneth smiled at the
excited girl, not reprovingly, but with gentle sympathy.
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