"I know she would; she hates us. Come, Peter; does it not look good?"
"Give it to me. There, I'll catch you--"
Then there was a sound of scuffling and running, but Bessie, noticing
that it drew further and further away, laughed. Lolla was a real
strategist. She understood how to handle the big gypsy, evidently. And a
moment later Bessie, her nerves quivering, all alert as she waited for
the signal, heard the notes of Lolla's song. At once she rushed down,
broke through the tangled growth, and was at Dolly's side, cutting away
at the cords that bound Dolly, and, first of all, tearing the
handkerchief from her mouth.
"It's all right now, we're safe, Dolly. Only you'll have to come
quickly, dear, when I get you free. There, that's it. Are you stiff? Can
you Stand up?"
"I guess so," gasped Dolly. "Oh, I'd do anything to get away from here.
Bessie, look!"
Bessie turned, to face Peter and Lolla, their faces twisted into
malignant grins. Lolla had betrayed her!
CHAPTER XI
THE MYSTERIOUS VOICE
For a moment Bessie stared at the two gypsies, their eyes glowing with
malicious triumph, and delight at her shocked face, in such dazed
astonishment that she could not speak at all.
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