Chapter
11
"THAT WOULD BE EDDIE"BRUCE MARVEL WAS A few minutes late for breakfast the following morning, and all of the guests were seated when he entered the dining room. He greeted them with the quiet smile with which they had become so familiar, and a casual word here and there in reply to the banal remarks to the accompaniment of which a group of human beings usually starts the day. Cory Blaine alone did not look up as he entered, a fact which did not seem to abash Marvel in the least.
"Good morning, Cory," he said cheerily.
"Mornin'," grumbled Blaine.
"Ready for the paper chase, Bruce?" asked Kay White.
"What paper chase?" he asked.
"Oh, that's so, you weren't at supper last night, were you?" continued the girl. "We arranged it all then. We are going to have a paper chase today
