CHAPTER III
WORRIED TWINS
"Oh, Helen! how glad I am to have you back!" cried Mrs. Porter. "How did you get away from the gypsies? Or did they really have you?"
The little girl stopped crying, and all about her the men, women and children waited anxiously to hear what she would say.
"Did the gypsies take you away?" asked Mr. Bobbsey.
"No, the gypsies didn't get me," said Helen, her voice now and then broken by sobs. "But they took Mollie!"
"Took Mollie!" cried Mr. Bobbsey. "Do you mean to say they really did take a little girl away?"
"They—they took Mollie!" half-sobbed Helen, "and I—I tried to get her back, but I couldn't run fast enough and—and——"
"Well, if they really have Mollie," went on Mr. Bobbsey, "we must get right after them and——"