They
disappeared within the cave and the young folks waited impatiently for
their reappearance.
"Do you suppose they will bring the bags out here?" asked Mollie
eagerly. "If they do, then we can really see what the things are like."
"I hope so," Amy stated. But Betty started to speak dreamily, saying:
"What will those poor old gypsies do when they come back and find the
place cleared out?"
"They'll probably all go to the penitentiary," said Frank calmly. "The
authorities will be on the lookout for them and they'll get caught all
right when they do come back."
"Oh!" said Grace, horror in her tone; for so far that side of the
question had not occurred to her. "It's terrible to think of sending
those poor things to jail."
"Well, but they have earned it," Allen argued. "They must have been
getting away with this thing for years."
"It's a wonder Aunt Elvira never suspected anything," said Mollie,
frankly puzzled. "Why, she didn't even mention the gypsies."
"Probably thought the story too old to tell," Roy suggested. "We
wouldn't have believed there was such a place on Pine Island ourselves
if we hadn't seen it with our own eyes.
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