Chapter V

She Saved a City%

"And so--and so it's all hung up for
another twelve years--the Thunder
Bird's flight! For I don't suppose there's
much chance of the money coming from
another direction."

Pemrose Lorry echoed the cry, repeated
it desolately, hours later, standing
in her own room--a room that was
a sort of sequel to herself, as every Camp
Fire Girl's nest should be.

Her father had echoed it, as she sat
very close to him, driving home in the
Grosvenor's limousine.

"Well! so far this strung-out will has
been for us much cry and little wool, eh,
girlie," he muttered; and for the first
time she heard discouragement in his
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