The Curlytops at Silver Lake

still on hearing

ied Mrs. Martin.

im," said

ed Mrs. Martin. "I can hea

y's hand. For his little boy had run down and told him to come back, th

pped away after we had finished our ice-cream, and n

came the voice o

Tum an' det

ried the ice-cream boy. "H

s look!" excla

s!" came

me from that dog kennel!" exclaimed Mr

there?" asked Unc

t, a puppy,"

, where are you?"

the dog kennel, and the head was followed by the body of Trouble himself. He was

ied. "I dot our Sk

heard Janet and

ocket, Trouble,

" added Teddy, laughing so

small one, away from him so he might look at it better. Then he bro

kywocket?"

his boy," said Mrs. Martin. "How did you

tum an' play wif him, an' I did tum. An' I went into his little house, an' we

lick you with their tongue if they get a chance. But put the littl

the ice-cream boy. "We have lots of water at our house. My li

in of warm water and a little soap which the mother of the

on again," said Daddy Martin, when t

his hand toward the kennel of the puppy in

gh he felt quite sorry when he thought of h

take him away," said the ice-cream

e dis-- Oh, what's that funny word

cket disappeared. That is, he went off all

said Teddy, "but Skyrocket is gone. But of course we wouldn't take your dog!" he added q

exclaimed Trouble. "

Mrs. Martin, as she smoothed out Baby Willia

ly of lollypops had been bought for Ted, Jan and Trouble, Mr. Martin sta

ood times with Uncle Ben on the water. The only little thing that really did happen was that Trouble dropped his lolly

it was wet and sticky and had dropped in the dust, Mrs. Martin d

o Silver Lake," she said, and with t

through the woods, now and then passing thr

re i

Ted and Jan

"See it just ahead of you, at the bott

had been to Silver Lake once or twice befo

he leaned forward to look. "I've seen many a bit

it?" asked

hall be very happy there, and I

Lake was what is called a picnic resort. That is, a company had put up on one of the shores a merry-go-round and a place where you could "shoot the chutes"-that is, slide down a woo

here were sailboats and rowboats to hire, and there was a motor

Around the shores of the rest of the lake were summer cottages and bungalows, and it was to one

ake charge of these boats, hiring them out to picnic parties who wan

r my sailboats, canoes, and rowboats," said Mr. Martin to Uncle

ddy, as they alighted from the automobile in fr

f fun on the water with Uncle Ben. He will not have to be bus

, as he ran about on the soft ground un

ots of fun!"

and that, looking out at the lake, which was shining like silver

he decided. "Maybe

d and kissed her little brother. "But, Trouble,

he might. Once we hid away up in Tom Taylor's bar

ed Janet. "But this

s lost, and that is all there is to it. It's too bad, of course, and I wish he were

ought it over. "If I can't have

anet. "But maybe he'

maybe we'll find the burglars that wen

Tom Taylor isn't

here," he went on. "I like to play with him. Coul

ked at one another and

for she had seen her father and mother l

g. "But now you children play around, while daddy and I

to eat had been brought along, so that not much cooking would have to be done the d

et supper," s

id Mrs. Martin. "Now, Jan and Ted, you t

mised the tw

g here and there, rolling about and tumbling about on the soft carpet of gr

had bought for his family, but, as yet, no one was in them. Th

named, was the boat dock owned by the children's father,

ies he had brought in the automobile, and everything was being put in "ship-shape" order,

d her mother could see that she was

in another instant, not seeing Teddy,

anet. "He's gone! The