the ho

mebody, or they'll

ody, they're comi

get my bob to

the other boys had shouted the previous expressi

irls, of whom his sister Nan was one. They were on their sleds in the very path of

moment to tell my new readers something about the characters o

e head of Lake Metoka. Mr. Bobbsey was a prosperous lumber merchant. Other members of the household were Dinah and Sam Johnson. Dinah was the cook, f

pet duck; Snoop, a pet

dog, who had come int

n a peculi

ow they played in the snow, went coasting, helped to discover what they thought was a "ghost," and did many other things. Bert

of the good times the four had when they went to the farm of Uncle

n as th

July celebration. A circus gave a chance to have other good times, a

e still more fun when they went to the ocean shore, and in the third book, calle

ghtful times, and toward the close of their visit there was a great storm at sea, and a shipwreck. The life savers were on hand, however, and did such good work that n

he time for the Bobbseys to leave came all too soon. School was about to

lled "The Bobbsey Twins at School,"

the animals, the meeting with the very fat lady, and the loss of Snoop, the pet cat. Then, too, a valuable

e dark by some strange animal. At first they feared it was some w

eir pet cat Snoop was gone, how they named him Snap, and how it

fire in a mysterious manner. Snap was found to be a circus dog, and it was pretty certain that the fa

ff Cuba, how Snap was allowed to stay with the Bobbseys, and how even the cup was

ry opens the Bobbsey twins had had a taste of snow and ice. The

cried Flossie, as she stood wit

d Freddie, "Bert is going

murmured Nellie Parks,

coming nearer to them," added

of the girls on the sleds that were coming nearer to the rushing horses seemed ab

g to do?" asked Grace.

ie. "Let's watch him. Maybe h

dare!" mur

brave," was

rst idea was to get his sister and the other girls to a place of safety. As

right! I'll see if I can't make

er meant. "Keep to the right, girls," she called to h

way team now. Bert was near to them also, and, while wondering to whom they belonged, and whether they had in

e had the good luck to hit one of the animals with the wad of snow, and this sent the horse over to one side,

eds whizzed past the runaways, one sled, on w

rt. "Keep on to the foot of

er towards the side of the hill. Then one of the animals slipped and stumbled. This caused them bot

but he was brave. However, he was not to stop the runaways all alone, for just then some of the larger boys, who had been rushing do

nk Miller. "A fine idea, lo throw snowballs at them. It

ls," said Bert, who was p

is it?" aske

ever saw them before. There's no one in the sled, a

d bags. Then the boys looked down the hill and saw that the girls who had been i

running up the slope. He was wavi

an who owns the horse

nutes later, when the man came cl

, boys?" he asked.

eem to be," a

Are my thing

anding beside Bert. "I know who he is now," went on Charley i

ved Bert, for the

t on Charley. "He's real rich

g over the team and the sled and its con

ys, I never knew 'em to do that before. I left 'em outside the store a minute while

out of the way i

topped the horses?"

other girls to steer to one side, and then he threw snow at the horse

s is the second time a Bobbsey has mixed up in my family affairs. Th

d, Mr. Carford?" asked anoth

d. Well, I'm glad there's no one hurt and no damage done. I couldn't walk

he suddenly asked, peering at Ber

s,

o be asked. Yes, this is the second time a Bobbsey has meddled with my family affairs

e of her brother, as she came to stand beside him. "Is he

ly understand what he d

o be some myst