“Where is she?”
“We do not know, lady. Will you have your fortunes told?” and the voice was somewhat cold. Mrs. Bonnell changed her tactics at once.
“We will have our fortunes told,” she said decidedly. “A different teller for each one, and it will not take so long.”
“So, Hadee is missing,” whispered Natalie, as they followed the Queen toward the collection of tents. “I wonder where she can be?”
“Maybe she has been arrested,” suggested Mabel, in a whisper.
“We would have heard about it,” declared Alice. “More likely she has run off or been spirited away so she won’t be caught. Oh, dear! We seem doomed to failure!”
“Hush!” exclaimed Marie. “We mustn’t let them know we suspect anything.”
CHAPTER XXI
OLD HANSON MOVES
Mrs. Bonnell was sure something was wrong in the Gypsy camp. So were the girls. So much so that none of them listened with much attention to the jargon poured fourth by the various fortune tellers.