The Bobbsey Twins in the Country
along the road cheer after cheer greeted our young friends, for even the few o
ound planned, so from the postoffice the cadets and
found a surpris
lawn for everyb
m made by Dinah and Martha, besides the cookies and jumbles Aunt Sarah supplied, with ice-cold lem
lisped Freddie. "But I held
eat grass in the middle of th
more? Jack, you surely need two plates after
more of the good things, and so it took quite a wh
," Harry told Uncle Daniel, "and we're all going o
ed gun," remarked Uncle Daniel. "Take care, if y
d-white-and-blue things had been stored away for another year
t the pond bank, which was a high green w
wder in the old gun, and all t
ow tree," suggested Bert. "We can see it
n the low willow, that l
y," Harry said, seei
etting hold of the long str
it a tug, t
expecting to hear an awful ba
what might be the matter, when the next instant with
is hat seemed to g
lled!" yelle
er!" gasp
now better!" s
cannon was dange
boys climbed down from the tree and joined the others. "He's only unconscious from the shock,
some of the boys looked aroun
ellow attempted to pick up a piece of the old g
e report of the accident, and she was now b
told the frightened people, "and I thin
d, then he sat up
e smiled, remember
nt off with it," Mr. Maso
when my head clears a b
ng you for firing that old gun. Come home now and go to b
to his home, for they could not
is cousin. "We have to get all ou
es still held out, and Flossie had a few more "snakes" left. Nan
ng to land in the orchard." This announcement caused all the children
n exclaimed as the big bal
that went up from the far
t from the balloon; and hanging to
reddie, all excited. "Let
little boy. "That umbrella keeps
it?" Fre
er the umbrella and holds it up. The m
fly up in it," Freddie r
e enough the big parachute, with the man dangling on it,
e, losing the colored umbrella and quic
swered John. "Did yo
n his shirt. "But I've got a long walk back to
ckly decided to let the balloon man rid
told the stranger. "I know the man there, and he
lloon, and the balloonist was indeed very pleasant with the little ones. He too
er listening to all the dangers there are s
n tossing about in the air came do
whichever one of you boys gets that balloon first will g
esides the Bobbseys, and they tumbled over each other trying to get there first. Ned Prentice, Nettie's
ert!" cal
Harry!" yelle
, Tom!" came
he regular race, and
t," called the
s Ha
it's
n, as the only poor boy in the crowd
Uncle Daniel, for he and Mr.
good-naturedly, for Ned was a favorite companio
niel suggested. "Then we can brin
as John had hitched up the big wagon ail the boys