time with his red tongue. It was Snap, but he
was thinner than when at home in Lakeport, and his nice coat of hair was
muddy in some places, and not at all neat.

"Oh, but it's Snap! It's our Snap!" cried Freddie in delight.

"And he found us!" added Flossie. "Now the gypsies can't make us stay
here," and standing beside the big dog she looked boldly at the dark men
who were now standing about the table.

A man came running out of the darkness of what seemed to be a small cave
inside the larger one, and cried:

"He broke away! I couldn't keep him any longer. He seemed to hear some
one calling him."

"Keep still!" sharply ordered the gypsy who had had the lantern.

"Oh!" exclaimed the other man, as he saw Flossie and Freddie. "Is it
their dog?"

There was no need to answer him. Any one could see that Snap belonged to
the Bobbsey twins. He was so happy with them.

"Did you--did you have our dog all the while?" asked Freddie, as he
played with Snap's long ears.

The gypsy who had had the lantern said something in his strange language
and no one answered. Probably he had told them not to speak.

"Oh, I'm so glad to see you!" cried Flossie. "We looked everywhere for
you, Snap. Didn't we, Freddie?"

"Yes, we did. And now we've got him we can go home. Snap knows the way
home. He can take us there."

"Oh, no, he can't," said Flossie.

"Why?" asked her brother.

"'Cause he's never been in our tent-camp. He doesn't know where it is.
But maybe you know, Freddie."

"Yes, I know the way--if--if we can get out of this cave," and he looked
at the gypsies. They were talking among themselves. One of them walked
toward Snap and held out his hand toward a broken rope around the dog's
neck. But the animal growled in such a fierce way that the gypsy drew
back in fear.

Then there was more talk among the dark-faced men about the children and
the dog. The men seemed to be worried. Snap barked and ran a little way
ahead, as though to lead the way out of the cave. Again a man tried to
catch him, but the dog's savage growl made him draw back.

"I guess Snap wants us to come with him," said Flossie. "Let's go,
Freddie."

"All right--come on;" and Freddie, taking Flossie's hand, started out of
the cave. They were afraid, the children were, that the gypsies might
stop them, but the man who had had the lantern said:

"Come on. I'll show you two the way out and you can go to your camp. No
use keeping you, now that your dog is