The Bobbsey Twins

lieved to learn tha

glad!" she said, o

bbsey. "Her mamma has told her se

eyes dropped. "I was wicke

the whole story, to which Mrs

he said. "After this I hope my l

try," ans

was resting quietly in an easy chair and the doctor had ordered that she be kept quiet for several

hat Saturday evening there was a feeling

e from Bert, several times. "I l

"Think of the nice flower

e much fun wit

. And think o

ie, "cos then we go to the country

ummer just past, while on a visit to their Uncle Daniel Bobbsey's farm at Meadow Brook. A

und it snowing steadily, the soft flakes coming down silen

" cried the boy. "Wish it w

ep enough for sleighing y

ildren and Mrs. Bobbsey went to Sunday school in the afternoon. The la

ert couldn't resist the temptation to make several snowballs and throw them at th

y," said Mrs. Bobbsey, and there

on Monday morning it was over a foot deep. The air was crisp

ey. "But I think Freddie and Flossie had better

w!" cried Freddie. "I don't

er on, in the garden,

y. Sam was the man of all work. He and Dinah, the cook, wer

an as he banked up the snow on either side of the garden walk and the sidewalk. Once Sam made a motion as i

t Nan and Bert had all they could do to reach it, for the wind

we'll get in over ou

ave such a thing happen!" answered his

d merrily. "Do you know, Nan, that I just love the snow. It makes me

e it looks so whi

aving fun washing each other's faces and it was not long before Nan had her face washed too. The cold snow on

f the street and some on the other. The snowballs were flying in

ack, and he let fly a snowball which landed directly on Charley's neck. S

id Danny Rugg, who was close at hand

umbled Charley. "You can

two hard snowballs. With these in hand he ran out into the street and waited until Bert's hands were empty. Then he came up s

as Bert stood up and looked around he let drive again, this time hitting Ber

g, to hit Bert so har

bbsey!" retorted Danny. "Th

come so close before y

ing," growled the b

not feel near so full of fun when he entered the school

u very much, Be

fair to come so close, or to

in the snow," sugge

start in, for, as I have said before, Danny was a go

nd all had to go to their classrooms. In a little while Bert's ear

me to dinner," Bert told himself

f the yard and made three good, hard snowballs. These he con

for as soon as he came out he ran in the direction of one of the main street

im. Soon he threw one snowball and this landed on Danny's

ck up the cap. Whiz! came the third snowball and

sey!" he said, stooping down in t

rt's head with all force. Bert dodged, and the ice went sailing past him and hit the