“Perhaps,” his father admitted. “Well, we’ll inquire all along as we go, and we may find her.”
They stopped at the first house they passed after leaving the home of Mr. Meekin. But the people there had not seen a woman and baby going past. They asked all sorts of questions, wanting to know all about the kidnapping, but Mr. Bobbsey did not have time to say much. As soon as he found out they could tell him nothing he hurried on with Bert.
It was the same at the next half dozen houses they stopped at—no one had seen the kidnapper.
“But we must keep on with the search,” said Mr. Bobbsey.
“Of course,” agreed Bert. “I want to get back Baby May!”
CHAPTER XXI
IN THE DUCK POND
Meanwhile, back in the house at Pine Hill, the other Bobbsey children and their mother waited anxiously for news from Bert and his father.
At first Nan was sure the two would come back in an hour after setting off, bringing back Baby May. But when the long hand of the clock had gone slowly all around the face twice, making two hours, Nan sighed and said:
“I guess it’s going to take longer than I thought.”
“I’m afraid so,” agreed her mother.