Before Veve could answer, the man went to the door of the box car. He shouted to someone far down the tracks.
“Hey, Bill! Come here! I’ve found a couple of kids asleep in the golden coach! Runaways!”
Both Connie and Veve sat up, rubbing their eyes. By now they were very much awake.
“We’re not runaways,” Veve said quickly. “Someone locked us up in this old car by mistake. And we want to get out right away!”
CHAPTER 10
Rescue
“YOU’LL get out of here all right,” said the circus man to Veve.
He spoke rather gruffly because he was annoyed to find the two girls in the car. To send them home to their mothers would cause considerable trouble.
“We want to go back to the Brownie camp,” said Veve with a half-sob. “Miss Gordon will be worrying about what happened to us.”
“Who is Miss Gordon?” asked the circus man.