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Faster and faster worked Dinah, Nan and Bert, and soon the big pile of hay, which had fallen on Flossie and Freddie grew smaller. It was being stacked on another part of the floor. "Maybe I'd better go and telephone to daddy!" suggested Nan, when the hay pile had been made much smaller. "You don't see anything of them yet, do you Dinah?" she asked anxiously. "No, not yet, honey! But I soon will.
Look at that!" cried Freddie. "He's spoiled everything! We'll never get him hitched up now." "It it wasn't my fault," said Flossie, a tear or two coming into her eyes. "I know it wasn't, Flossie," replied Freddie, speaking more quietly. "It's always just that way with Snap when he gets excited. Come here!" he called to the dog, "and let me harness you. Come here Snap!"
Franz Abt's beautiful song was never before thus rendered. "I love thee, dearest, thee alone, Love thee, and only thee!" sang Flossie, while little pussy, regardless of time or sentiment, sang "me-u! me-ow! me-u! me-u!" "Our voices don't har-mer-lize, pussy, I know they don't. You'll just have to practise alone.
Some elephants played a ball game, others turned somersaults. Clowns jumped over their backs, and through paper hoops. "Look here!" Nan would exclaim. "No, see over there!" Bert would cry. "Oh, mamma, a man jumped from the top of the tent right into a big fish net!" exclaimed Freddie. "Look at the monkey riding on the dog's back," Flossie shouted.
While down below there was all excitement and while a searching party was getting ready to start out to rescue Flossie and Freddie, the two little children themselves were safe enough in the balloon basket. That is they were safe for the time being, for they could not fall unless they climbed over the side of the basket, and they would hardly do this.
"Oh, away off," explained Freddie. "We live in Lakeport, and we go to school." "Only now there isn't any school," went on Flossie. "We can't have a fire 'cause something broke, and we came to Washington." "Have you come here to live?" the strange boy questioned. "No, only to visit," explained Freddie. "My father has to see Mr. Martin. Do you know Mr. Martin?" The strange boy shook his head.
I am here to say good-by, for I must leave to-morrow; but in the future, when you are well, as something tells me you will be " "Oh, Mr. Jerrold, listen," Bessie began, just as the door opened and Flossie came in. "Time's up," she said, smilingly, as she glanced at Bessie's flushed cheek and Grey's white face, and guessed that something exciting had taken place.
"And you ought to see how fast some of 'em go around!" exclaimed Flossie. "They just keep on going around and around and around till sometimes you can't most see 'em go!" "And you wind 'em just like this " explained Freddie, making a queer little movement with his chubby hand. "Oh, I know just how they go," said Laddie. "Didn't I see yours run?" "Come, children, we'll have to hurry," said Mr.
The snow had stopped and the sun was shining, which meant that the white covering would not last long. But it gave a touch of winter to Washington, and the children liked it. Down the street went the six children, two by two, the four Bobbsey twins and Nell and Billy Martin. Flossie and Freddie walked together, then came Billy and Bert, while Nan walked with Nell.
"We don't want to miss our trip, especially after we have asked Harry and Dorothy." "Oh, it would be too bad to disappoint them," put in Nan. "Oh, I'll get the boat back all right," declared Mr. Bobbsey. Flossie and Freddie breathed sighs of relief. They were not worried now, for they knew their father would do as he said. Fat Dinah put her head in through the door of the sitting room.
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