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We had some trouble with the engine. But I guess he has it fixed by now. He's back at the fair grounds. It opens to-morrow. That is, he's there unless he has come chasing after me." "Do you think he'd do that?" asked Bert. It was quite an exciting adventure, Bert thought, to run away and be chased by Mr. Blipper.
And, a few days later, inquiries having been made, it was found that Bob's father and mother had died in a distant city and that, there being no one to look after the poor boy, the Italian had taken him in. Then, in some manner, Blipper got him and treated him harshly. Bob was only a small boy when Mr.
"Well, he said if I ever ran away he'd run after me and bring me back," answered Bob. "Anyhow, I've run away, but it isn't as much fun as I thought it'd be. Only I can't stand Mr. Blipper! He's too cross!" "Poor boy!" murmured Mrs. Bobbsey again. "Get him something to eat, Dick. He must be very hungry!" And Bob was, to judge by the manner in which he ate some of the Bobbsey's lunch.
"What did he mean tell on him?" asked Bert. "I don't know, exactly," answered Bob Guess. "It was all sort of queer. Maybe Mr. Hardy meant he was going to tell about Mr. Blipper taking your father's coat and the lap robe." "I'm sure Mr. Blipper must have daddy's coat," declared Nan. "This letter dropped from the pocket, and there was money and there were other papers, too."
"I always thought there was something wrong about Blipper!" declared the father of the Bobbsey twins. "Now I know it! We'll get after Blipper in the morning. You stay here to-night, Bob. We'll call you Bob Guess for the present, but I think we can find a better name for you soon. I think we shall all feel better for a little rest." "And something to eat," added Aunt Sarah.
"Not now, Dick, not now," said Mrs. Bobbsey in a whisper, with a shake of her head at her husband. She knew what he wanted to ask about his coat and the robe. "Not now; he is too miserable," she went on. "Has anything happened?" asked Mr. Bobbsey, changing his first line of questions. "Ye yes," stammered Bob, not sobbing so hard now. "I I've run away from Mr. Blipper!"
So I kept still, though after Blipper and I quarreled, I threatened to tell. And now I have." "I'll see if we can find Bob's relatives," said Mr. Bobbsey. "If we can't, why, I think he will be provided for." "Oh, I'm so glad!" exclaimed Bob. "I'd rather belong to anybody but Blipper!"
"So when you folks asked me if I had seen your father's coat and the lap robe I didn't know for sure, and, anyhow, I was afraid to say anything. But I'm not afraid any more." "Why not?" asked Uncle Daniel. "'Cause," answered Bob, "I heard Mr. Blipper and his partner, a man named Hardy, quarreling to-day.
He had with him a boy named Bob Guess called that because the lad is an orphan and they had to 'guess' at his name. Soon after this Blipper and his outfit left, I missed my coat, and, coming home, we found the lap robe gone. I was going to ride after him, but we had a little excitement here, and I haven't had a chance. Then you came along and "
"Yes, and he knows where your missing coat is, and the lap robe, too!" exclaimed Bert. "Blipper has 'em!" "My, everything is happening at once!" laughed Mother Bobbsey. "But we must get Flossie and Freddie to bed. They have had a hard day!" "Don't want to go to bed!" declared Freddie. "Want to see Bob. Did you bring the merry-go-round?" he asked. "As if he hadn't troubles enough!" exclaimed Nan.
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