Bert Bobbsey, making a d

screamed Nan, as she left her seat

Bobbsey. "To be frightene

fter another, and circled aroun

down to watch which way the mouse ra

!" begged Flossie, an

e mouse! Freddie, you did very wrong to put a mouse in a box and give it to Di

the fat cook, who was huddled against th

why that it is? Anyhow, Nan, Flossie and Dinah seemed much frightened, whi

Bert, calling for the family cat. "

my mouse for Snoop

pen when Dinah opened his extra present box. And eno

cried Mr. Bobbsey. "Let it al

salt dish from the table, and was about

that," sai

Bobbsey, holding the

the salt and it will h

se!" cried Freddi

tank rested was a tiny net of cloth on a handle and wire frame. Bert used the net to

ng to dive under the table. But the little fellow slipped, and knocked over a chair.

w look what you did! My toen

ged Mother Bobbse

"I neber did see such a birfday as d

hrew it across the room as the mouse made a d

ried Bert. "No use

sey, with a sigh of relief. "Now, Freddie, what possessed you t

sked Bert. "I should think yo

r down quick-like that"-Freddie clapped

Nan. "Your teacher wouldn't like t

I tied some string around the box and I kept the mo

much had happened from his little surp

presents like dat," said Di

ed Nan. "Mine is

e!" echoe

ded Freddie. "I'm sorr

time," said his father. "Bri

ent to tell my new readers something about the chil

older twins. They had dark brown hair and brown eyes and were rather tall and slim. The younger Bobbsey twins were Flossie and Freddie. They were somewhat short and stout, and had light hair and blue eyes. T

the seashore they stayed with Uncle William. Besides these trips the four children made a voyage on a houseboat, visited a great city, camped on Blueberry Isl

volume. It is called "The Bobbsey Twins in the Great West," and it tells how B

de, and Flossie and Freddie, though they were still the babies of the family, were now somewhat advanced at school, and were in regular c

est had been Dinah's birthday celebration. Each of the children had bought the cook, of wh

autioned his father, when quiet had

Daddy," he

ah her regular present

cook a package wr

ouse in dis?" asked Dinah,

ddie assured he

which, she declared, was "jest de sweetest kind what ebb

a pocketbook, and Bert's a pair of comfortable slippe

verybody'll be wishin' dey was me!" declared the

red everything, and thanked them all, Dinah finished bringing in the breakf

mouse nibbling away among the nuts and shells. As quick as a wink Freddie clapped the cover down, and

ate for school!" called Nan,

ed. "If Charlie Mason calls tell him to wait

ed Freddie. "I'll

t answered. "M

me, Freddie!"

wait," he

ert walked with Charlie Mason and Dannie Rugg, while

f Nan. Grace was very fond of this fun, though on

ed. "I brought a new bean bag, thou

l be fun!"

t place to go fishing. And the younger Bobb

you tell me an' I'll fix hi

d sister answered. "Will y

! You come a

sister. But just then the warning bell rang and they all had to run s

d others played marbles, leapfrog or mumble-the-peg. The girls skipped rope or tossed bean bags, while

ar the shed where the janitor kept his brooms, a

pausing in the midst of a bean ba

attle with Nick Malone, one of the "bad" boys of the school

ould call to Bert to come to her help, Nick disappeared, and Flossie

ight," said Nan, as she sto

in long lines. A little later Bert and Nan were in their room, saying their lessons, an

, looked over the room. S

ell. "He was here before reces

t, and then Flossie raised

is it?" asked Miss

said the little girl. "

xclaimed the teacher

aid Freddie suddenly. "He's