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Flossie and Freddie took them to the post-office themselves. "My! what a lot of mail!" exclaimed the clerk at the stamp window, as he saw the children dropping the invitations into the slot. "Uncle Sam will have to get some extra men to carry that around, I guess. What's it all about?" "We're going to have a party," said Flossie, proudly. Just then Danny Rugg came into the post office.
"Oh, I've found some eggs!" suddenly cried Flossie, as she spied some of the white objects in a nest in the hay. "Pick them up carefully," advised Nan. "Eggs break very easily." "I want to help pick up the eggs!" cried Freddie, hurrying over to his little sister's side. "No, you go find a nest of your own!" exclaimed Flossie. "These are my eggs!" "There are plenty of nests," said Nan.
"Yes, we'll plan to go to Snow Lodge!" "Hurrah!" cried Nan and Bert, grasping each other by the hands and swinging around in a sort of waltz. "Can we take our sleds," asked Flossie. "I'm going to take my skates maybe I'll skate all the way there I could on the lake!" exclaimed Freddie, and he wondered why the others laughed. "Well, we'll make our plans later," said Mrs. Bobbsey.
They crossed two rivers and then Flossie and Freddie, who were eagerly looking out of the windows, suddenly found themselves in darkness. "Oh, another tunnel!" cried Freddie. "Is it, Daddy?" asked Flossie. "Yes, it's a big tunnel under the Hudson River. In a little while you will be in New York." And not long afterward the train came to a stop.
Flossie and Freddie knew there was little use in "bodderin'" Dinah any more, especially when she was in the midst of her baking. "Come on, Flossie," spoke Freddie. "We'll have another look for those straps. Next time I'll put our books where we can find 'em." Once more the children started through the different rooms. They looked everywhere. But no straps could they find.
Bobbsey took their children on a western trip among the cowboys, and just before the present story opens Bert and Nan, with Flossie and Freddie, had come back from Cedar Camp, where they had had some exciting adventures.
"I think, Keith," said Flossie, "you'd better ring again." Ringing was a concession to propriety that Flossie insisted on and he approved. He rang again; and Mrs. Downey in a beautiful wrapper herself opened the door. At the sight of Spinks she gave a joyful exclamation and invited him into the hall. They left him there. "What's up?" asked Rickman as they parted on his landing. "Who with? Sidney?
The children could see that it was a big, shaggy white dog, who wagged his tail in greeting as he walked up to them. "Oh, what a lovely dog!" cried Nan. "I wonder where he belongs?" The fine animal came on. Bert snapped his fingers, boy-fashion. Instantly the dog stood up on his hind legs and began marching about in a circle on the path. "Oh, what a queer dog!" cried Flossie.
'I want George, she said simply. 'It was all a mistake, George. Flossie mistook Oh, you don't really think that I have left off caring for you? I haven't, dear, indeed I haven't won't you believe me? 'I had better leave you to come to an understanding together, said Mrs.
"I'm hungry!" announced Freddie. "So am I!" added Flossie. "There was so much to look at in that eating car, I didn't eat half enough. "Well, we have plenty here, my dear," said her aunt. "We must let Snoop out. I guess he's hungry, too," said Freddie, who never forgot the black cat. Snap, the dog, had raced along beside the wagon, and was now cooling his thirst at the spring near the side door.
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