in the sled, than he was concerned about thanking the boys who had stopped the runaways. Then, as he found by lookin

w much. No telling what damage the horses might have done

t the same. Here are a couple of dollars, Bert Bobbsey. I wish you'd treat all your friends to hot chocolate soda

e horses for money!" c

or you tried to stop them, Bert, to save your sister and the other girls. I understand that all right. But the

epted the money with murmured thanks, and as Mr. Carford climbed into the sl

ixed up in my affairs. I wonder what

again thanking them for what they had done,

e meant by saying thi

p in his family affairs?

e

never knew Mr. Carford befo

" asked one boy, re

at it. "Come on to the drugstore and

Rugg, and his crowd, t

ey to be spent on everyone on the hill, so

ot share in the treat. Probably Danny did not want to come to too c

st in coasting had waned at the prospect of hot chocolate sodas, the crowd of boys and g

nter the boys and girls dis

an, when you saw the t

vi

now what I did th

ly frightened?" in

eer out of the way, and I remember hoping th

nd I were watching the horses. This chocolate is awful go

red his brother "But y

t let him and Flossie ha

e smallest

reed that this was the thing to do, the two littl

st as much outside his m

ith a

d, Bert and Nan thinking on the way of the strange wor

racter, living in a fine old homestead. He was said to be queer on certain matters, but kind and g

hen we get home," said Bert

that their father had suddenly been called away on a busin

sey, when they had asked her. "I did not even know that your fath

kly, for he feared if his parent grew too wo

een learned. Snoop the black cat, and Snap, the smart circus dog, were allowed in the living room,

rd, and he dreamed that he was sliding down hill on the back of a ho

ndition until the white flakes were packed hard on the slope. But there were other forms of sport-snowball

d the snow was just soft en

school was out. "We'll roll up a lot of big balls, put them in lines on four

ncluding Danny and his friends, were busily engaged. For the t

it, one side trying to capture it and the other trying to stop the

orrow!" taunted Danny, w

the building was a great snowball, so large that it almost hid the door from sight. And working at it, tr

did

ut it

s frozen

get into trou

gs said when the children saw the

ere poured water over it, and it's frozen so fast that I'll have to chop it away

g exercises Mr. Tetlow, the school principal,

in it, for one could not do it alone. I will now give those who did it a chance to confess. If they will admit it, and apologize, I will let the matter

ce in the room, and the boys looke