He may have gone in one of the side shows, to
see the fat lady, or the strong man. I'll have those places searched
for you."
The ring-master did send some of his men to look in the side-show
tents, but they came back to say that no one like Freddie had been
seen. By this time Mrs. Bobbsey and Aunt Sarah were almost frantic
with fright. Nan was crying, and even Bert, brave as he was, looked
worried. A number of persons who had come to the circus offered to
help look for Freddie, but, though they searched all over, the little
fat fellow could not be found.
"Oh, dear! What shall we do!" cried Mrs. Bobbsey.
"Dat ugly ole lion--" began Dinah, when Nan gave a scream.
"Oh, what is it, child?" asked Aunt Sarah.
"Look. There's Freddie!" cried Nan. "There he comes!" and she pointed
to her little brother being led toward them by a boy about Bert's age.
CHAPTER XVI
FRANK'S STORY
They all gazed in the direction in which Nan pointed. The crowd of
visitors to the circus was thinning out now, and down toward the edge
of a little creek could be seen the missing Freddie walking along, his
hand thrust trustingly into that of the strange boy.
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