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"Oh, I knowed you would come to take me to Freddie," cried he, "'cause my other mamma is gone too, and I'm all alone." "Mrs. Manily was called away by sickness in her family," explained the new matron, "and I cannot do anything with this little boy." "He was so fond of Mrs. Manily," said Aunt Sarah, "and besides he remembers how lonely he was when his own mother went away.
"You know, we are going to have a sewing school to make aprons for the little ones at the camp." Old Bill had turned back to the fresh-air quarters again, and soon, too soon, Sandy was handed back to Mrs. Manily, while Nellie jumped down and said what a lovely time she had had. "Now be sure to come, Sandy," called Freddie, "'cause I'll expect you!"
Freddie agreed, "'cause it's nicer than over there, isn't it?" "Lots," replied Sandy, "only maybe Mrs. Manily will cry for me," and he looked sad as his big blue eyes turned around and blinked to keep back some tears. "I dust love Mrs. Manily, Freddie; don't you?" he asked wistfully.
All off for the Junction!" called the train men, while the Bobbseys and Mrs. Manily hurried out to the small station, where numbers of carriages waited to take passengers to their cottages on the cliffs or by the sea. "Sure we haven't forgotten anything?" asked Mrs. Bobbsey, taking a hasty inventory of the hand baggage.
Then, when it is bedtime, we have a boy blow the 'taps' on a tin bugle, just like real soldiers do." Freddie and Sandy had joined the sightseers now, and Freddie was much interested in the brigade. "Who is the captain?" he asked of Mrs. Manily. "Oh, we appoint a new captain each week from the very best boys we have. We only let a very good boy be captain," the matron told him.
"This will be a real surprise party," finished Dorothy, having put each of five clocks in its hiding place, and leaving the tick-ticks to think it over, all by themselves, before going off. "Shall I take my cart over to meet Nellie and Mrs. Manily, mother?" Dorothy asked Mrs. Minturn, that afternoon, when the city train was about due.
"Oh, won't Nellie enjoy this!" cried Nan, thinking of the little city girl who had only had one carriage ride in all her life. "Mrs. Manily is going up to the city to bring her to-day," said Bert. "Aunt Emily sent for the depot wagon just as we came out."
"Oh, no; I don't live with mamma now," he corrected himself, "'cause she's gone to heaven, so I live with Mrs. Manily." Mrs. Manily was the matron, and numbers of the children called her mamma. "Can I come over and play with you?" asked the boy. "What's your name?" "His name is Freddie and mine is Flossie," said the latter. "What is your name?"
"Come now, Sandy," laughed Mrs. Manily. "Didn't you tell me last night I was the best mamma in the whole world?" and she hugged the little fellow to make him happy again. "So you are," he laughed, forgetting all his loneliness now. "When I get to be a big man I'm goin' to take you out carriage riding." "Can't Sandy cone home with us?" asked Freddie. "He can sleep in my bed."
"And what do you suppose those boxes contain?" said Mrs. Bobbsey to Mrs. Manily, pointing to the three boxes in the hanger above them. "Shoes?" ventured the matron. "Nope," said Freddie. "One hat, and my duck and my cat. Downy is my duck and Snoop is my cat." Then Nan told about the flight of the duck and the "kidnapping" of Snoop.
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