CHAPTER III
STRANGELY MISSING
"Wait a minute," directed Betty, as she and her chums advanced, carrying the unconscious girl. "We'll have to put her down here, where the grass is soft"
"Why?" asked Amy, "she isn't heavy."
"No, but it will be better to get the auto out of the bushes, and into the road before we put her in it Something might go wrong, and jolt her."
"That's so," agreed Mollie. "I think I can do it. Oh, but I'm nervous!"
"Shame on you!" cried Betty. "Be an outdoor girl—be your own brave self, Mollie!"
"I will!" and there was determination in her voice. "I'm sure I can get the car out all right!"
Mollie took her place at the wheel, pressed the starting button, and then, with a glance backward to see which way to steer, she slipped in the reverse gear, and let the clutch come into place. Slowly, amid a tearing away of vines and bushes, the car regained the highway.
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