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I looked at Bert Garrison, who was perhaps the most favored of Miss Van Allen's friends, but he shook his head, so I threw myself into the breach. "Inspector," I said, "that man's name is Somers. Further than that I know nothing. He is a stranger to all of us, and he came to this house to-night for the first time in his life." "How'd he happen to come? Friend of Miss Van Allen?"
"We will hope so, anyhow," he added. They had not gone on much farther before Mr. Bobbsey and Bert could see that it was indeed their boathouse on fire. One side was all ablaze, and the flames were slowly, but surely, eating their way over the whole place. But two engines were now pumping streams of water on the fire, and they might put it out before too much damage was done. Mr.
Of course I don't know how strong a wind it takes to keep a balloon man from going up, but I should say there would be danger in going up to-day." "Oh, dear!" exclaimed Bert. "I wanted to see the man go up in the balloon!" "So did I!" added Harry. "But maybe the wind will die out." However, it did not, and it was still blowing rather hard when the fair grounds were reached.
"It is not long until Thanksgiving. Then, perhaps, we can give a real harvest party out at Lakeport and try to repay our friends for some of their hospitality to us." "Well, I like Hal Bingham first-rate," declared Bert, thinking of the friend from whom he had just parted. "There goes the last of the ocean.
"He's always playing with that toy fire engine of his, and getting soaked," "But I didn't have the fire engine this time, Bert," said the chubby little chap. "I I fell in!" "You poor little dear!" exclaimed the actress-schoolteacher, putting her arms around him. "It was all my fault, too!" "No, it was mine," said Freddie, generously. "I don't mind. I like being wet!" They all laughed at this. Mrs.
Bobbsey had a big sled gotten ready, there were boxes, barrels and packages of provisions, Snow Lodge had been opened by a farmer living near there, who remained in it all night, keeping up the fires so that the long-deserted house would not be chilly, and all was in readiness. The plans of Nan and Bert to go to Snow Lodge by means of skates and on the ice-boat had been agreed to.
"Well, well!" cried the Doctor, rising and greeting him with outstretched hand, "a hearty welcome home. You know everybody here, I believe? Even Mrs. Queerington tells me she has met you. And this is Hattie. I am quite sure you were not prepared to see her so tall." Donald, retaining Hattie's hand, made the round of greetings. "Where are Connie and Bert?"
Bobbsey put up two baskets for her children, Nan taking one and Bert the other. "Oh, we'll have a lovely time!" cried Freddie, dancing about on his little fat legs. Twelve o'clock came, and with each teacher at the head of her class, and Mr. Tetlow marching in front of all, the whole school started off for the woods.
The M. P. as our motion-picture camera was called and which was re-christened but not abbreviated by Bert, as "The Member of Parliament" had to be cleaned before we could proceed. It took all this day, and much of the next, to get the moisture and sand out of the delicate mechanism, and have it running smoothly again.
"And the balloon," added Bert. "Do you s'pose I could go up in the balloon?" he asked his father. "No, I don't suppose you could I wouldn't like you to," said Mr. Bobbsey. "But why, Dad? The balloon is fast to the ground. It can't get away!" "I'm not so sure about that. I don't want you to go up. You'll have plenty of other fun."
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