Probably
they are on the other side of the street, looking at some bedraggled
kitten." But a look up and down the street did not show Flossie and
Freddie. By this time the auto was all ready to start off again.
"But we can't go without Flossie and Freddie!" cried Nan.
"I should say not!" exclaimed Mrs. Bobbsey. "Oh, where are they? Where
can my darlings have gone? What has happened?"
CHAPTER XVI
THE FIRE BELL
Mrs. Bobbsey's cries of alarm, of course, excited all the other
passengers who had got back on the sight-seeing auto, ready to start off
again. They had had a little rest while the water was being put into the
radiator, and the man had "stretched his legs" all he wanted to, it
seemed.
"The children can't be far away," said Mr. Bobbsey. "They were here only
a moment ago. Even if they have wandered off, which is probably what
they have done, they can't be far."
"They're all right," the man who drove the car assured Mr. Bobbsey. "I
didn't see 'em go away, of course, as I was busy, but I'm sure nothing
has happened."
"But what shall we do?" cried Mrs. Bobbsey, and tears came into her
eyes. "It does seem as if more things have happened to Flossie and
Freddie since we started on this trip than ever before.
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