Leave it
to me, then, captain." And she went slowly back to Anne whose face
clouded at seeing her new friend alone.
"I thought Uncle Carey would come back with you," she said.
"Please--where is he?"
"Anne, when was the last time that you saw Uncle Carey?" inquired Miss
Drayton.
"A little while before the steamer left New York," answered Anne. "He
said he was going to walk around. And he was down there on the--the
platform below."
"The dock? On shore, you mean, and not on the steamer?"
"Yes, on the dock; that's it. And Roger--Roger that stays in Uncle
Carey's office--gave him a letter--a yellow envelope. Then some people
got in the way. And I haven't seen him any more."
"Let's you and I sit down in this quiet corner, Anne," said Miss
Drayton, "and I'll tell you what I think. That yellow letter was a
telegram. It was about business, and it made your uncle go away in a
hurry. Such a great hurry that he didn't have time to see you and tell
you he was going."
"Didn't he come back? Isn't he on the steamer?" Anne asked anxiously.
Miss Drayton shook her head. "I think not, dear. They've looked
everywhere."
Tears were trickling down the child's pale cheeks.
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