CHAPTER XIII
THE "RESCUE" OF FREDDIE
During the rest of the play the attention of Freddie and Flossie, who sat near him, was divided between Laddie, the new boy, and the things happening on the stage. Both were so jolly—the funny things the actors did and the chance of having a new playmate—that the two smaller Bobbsey twins did not know which was best.
"Don't you like this show?" asked Freddie of Laddie, when the curtain went down again.
"Yes. It's great! But I'm glad you're comin' to play with me," Laddie answered.
"So'm I," answered Freddie. "You're glad too, aren't you, Flossie?"
"Of course I am," said the little girl.
"Does she—she play with you?" asked Laddie, nodding his head toward Freddie's little sister, as if in surprise.
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