The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook

Fre

Din

you h

rushed in just then, barking and leaping

helped Dinah to her feet. The fat, colored cook looked around in a dazed ma

cried Mrs. Bobbsey, holding her hands over her ey

said Freddie, "b

dat!" cried Dinah, as she wiped her face on

bbsey, setting Freddie down, for he had

. I'se so fat it doesn't hurt me t' fall," she explained. "An' I shuah am gla

ve turned somersaults

at wasn't ri

s he dried his face in his pocket handkerchief. "I was jest ro

turning somersaults," said Na

t. "It's a good thing, though, that i

while Dinah began picking up the pieces of the cu

. "But tell us about Mead

d Mr. Bobbsey with a smile. "You had better chan

ng the little fellow from the room. "But don't t

" promised

and the upsetting of Dinah and Freddie, I will take just a few moments to tell my new readers so

lossie and Freddie, aged four years younger, made up the second set. Bert and Nan were tall and slim, with dark hair and eyes, whi

ey, and his wife Mary. They lived in an Eastern city called Lakepo

m to do everything around the house, from watering the grass to putting out the ashes, I do not know how Mrs. Bobbsey would have gotten a

family. As for what th

series, which volume

a good idea of the ma

Bert an

ah, lived in the country at Meadow Brook Farm. They had a ten year old son,

seashore, where their Uncle William and Aunt Emily, as well a

wins had at these places in t

hen they went to Snow Lodge they had what were, to them, a w

toka to Lemby Creek, and through that to Lake Romano, where they had fine times. There was a mystery o

es. The Bobbseys, and their country and seashore cousins, had come back from the trip, Dorothy going to her home, and Harry t

t, Dinah had changed her damp apron for a fresh one, and Mr. Bobbs

re going to do the rest of thi

that circus exhibition, has invited us up to Meadow Brook. And, as I have a little time I can spare fr

the houseboat," said Na

as," agreed

und the ghost!"

ghost!" cautioned Mrs

a ghost,

st," laughed Bert. "Anyhow we'l

fly a kite!" d

don't tie Snoop to the ta

feed the chickens,

ase the rooster," c

omised the li

re we going

we take?" Bert

the country, for it is not very pleasant staying in the hot city. We won't need to unpack much

take the Bluebird alo

ll stay at home this

ater at Meadow Brook

children were delighted at the prospect of goin

ng, isn't she

long without her," answered

ddie, hugging the big, black cat, which

p, the dog, too," declared Bert. "Snap would b

e them both, ma

the answer, as Mrs. Bobb

country is just the place for dogs and c

have!" sang Flossie.

ngine, and squirt water in it fr

in, to do a little work so as to get ready for going away again. So I'll leave my little fat fireman a

they did not unpack very much from the va

he lake. The children spent the morning playing about in the yard, some of the

in an automobile, bringing his wife some th

ther in the machine, which Mr. Bobbsey and some of the othe

ther. "Want to come, Bert?" he

was the answer. "W

some business," Mr. Bobbsey said. "Where are Nan and Flossie?" he asked his wife, who had

d. "Run along without them. It's just as well. I'd rather they wouldn't

e started off in the automobile with

what was to happen on that ride, nor