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"Well, sort of betwixt and between," he answered, with a laugh. Uncle Daniel having been written to, said he would be delighted to have his brother and his brother's family come out for the remainder of the summer and early fall. And in about a week all preparations were made. The trip was to be made in the Bobbsey's big auto, and would take about a day.
"We will," promised Mr. Bobbsey, but when the next day came the plan of the Bobbseys had to be changed. In Mr. Bobbsey's mail that morning was a letter from his bookkeeper at the lumberyard, which, when Mr. Bobbsey had read it, made him thoughtful. "I hope there isn't bad news," said Mrs. Bobbsey. "No, not exactly bad news," was her husband's answer. "But I think I shall have to go back home."
"Probably she just held it, in the excitement over the wreck, and she may have left it in the car. But please write about it." "I will," promised Mr. Bobbsey, as he started for the office, while the twins gathered about the new dog, who seemed ready to do more tricks. THAT afternoon a small fire broke out in Mr. Bobbsey's lumber yard. The alarm bell rang, and Mrs.
The Bobbseys lived in an Eastern city called Lakeport, near Lake Metoka, on the shore of which Mr. Bobbsey had a large lumber yard. Once this had caught fire, and Freddie had thought he could put the blaze out with his little toy fire engine. Ever since then Mr. Bobbsey had called the little chap "fireman." Dinah Johnson was the Bobbsey's cook. She had been with them many years.
They had many other little adventures, but none quite so "scary" as the one where Freddie slipped away to ride in the elevator. Finally, Mr. Bobbsey's business was finished, and one evening he said: "To-morrow we go to Washington." "Hurray!" exclaimed Bert. "Then I can see Billy Martin." "And I can see Nell. I like her very much," added Nan. "And I'm going to see the big monument!" cried Freddie.
Flossie greeted him, "Snoop came, and Snap kissed him!" "May we keep Snap, papa?" asked Freddie. "Yes," was Mr. Bobbsey's answer. "I have a letter from the circus man, and he will sell Snap to me. I have already sent the money. And there is another letter from the fat lady, telling about some of the new tricks she taught Snoop, so you can make him do them." "Oh! Oh!
Bobbsey's letters on the clicking typewriter machine, took the twins through her room into their father's private office. As the door opened, Bert and Nan saw a strange man talking to Mr. Bobbsey. But what interested them more than this was the sight of two children a boy and a girl about their own age in their father's private office.
I'll ask her!" offered Nan, as she saw the Bobbsey's fat and good-natured colored cook cross the lawn with a small basket of clothes to hang up. "We'll have a little play-party out in the barn." "But I'm going to be real hungry not make believe!" said Freddie. "I want to eat real." "And so you can!" declared Nan. "I'll get enough for all of us."
When Danny's chums learned that it was known who had set the boat adrift, they were rather frightened. When they realized the damage they might have done, they kept away from Mr. Bobbsey's lumber yard for a long time. One day, about a week after this, the Bobbsey twins hurried home from school without stopping to play with any of their friends.
Of course not!" laughed Bert. And Bert was doing some hard thinking as he stared at the strange boy who had Freddie by the hand. "I thought we should find him," said Uncle Daniel. "I knew he couldn't be lost with all these circus people around. I say!" called Mr. Bobbsey's brother to one of the men who had been helping hunt for the missing boy. "Just tell them that we found him, will you, please?
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