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A big tent had been borrowed from the Herolds; they were only out at Meadow Brook for the summer, and this tent was erected in the open field between the Bobbsey and the Mason farms, alongside the track where Tom had tried Sable. The tent had large flaps that opened up the entire front, so that all the exhibits could be shown nicely to the people on the seats out side.
"Look!" exclaimed Jack; "the water has come up clear across the road, and we can only pass by walking on the high board fence." "Or get a boat," said Tom. "Let's go back to the turn and see if there's a boat tied anywhere." "Here's Herolds'," called Harry, as they found the pretty little rowboat, used for pleasure by the summer cottagers, tied up to a tree.
August Stout was appointed to collect the tickets, and Ned Prentice was to show the people to their seats. Two o'clock! Only one hour more! Lots of children came early to get good seats. Roy Mason sat right in the front row alongside of Freddie. Nettie Prentice was on the very first bench back of the reserved seats. The Herolds came next, and had Aunt Sarah's front garden bench, the red one.
"I would be delighted to have them all to dinner," she added, in her society way, for the Herolds were quite rich. "That would be very nice, I'm sure," Aunt Sarah replied; "boys always have good appetites after having a lot of fun." All this time there was plenty of noise back of the scenes, and it was evident something big was being prepared.
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