The Curlytops at Silver Lake

let fall to the floor a pan he was going to put on the stove in whic

getting ready to run the automobile under a sh

e asked. "Are you pla

ytop girl. "The wind blew, and it just blew Teddy aw

I see what she mean

ncle Ben, followed by Mr. and Mrs. Martin. Jan, stil

d Silver Lake, which, just then, was glowing re

He wanted me to come, and Trouble, too, but I wouldn't. But

e minute she spoke about

rtin. "Is it deep out ther

ttle tyke! I thought I told him not

" cried Mrs. Martin. "How ar

ll row out and get him. I didn't know he knew

w, and the boat is sailing faster, even if Ted doesn't know enough to fasten

e reach him?" a

ver at the next pier. We can row over there, start the

g into one, they quickly sent it skimming over the water to the next pier. They

er, eagerly watched, now and then looking out to wh

n she hear

! Chuggity-

arted!" she

boat, which ran something like an automobile, and did not have to be rowed nor need a sail blown by the

n a fast sailboat is not as fast as a motor boat, and soon Daddy Martin and Uncle Ben,

y from the dock. But he was a wise little chap, and when he found himself going out, away from the dock and the shore, he very prope

hind him, and noticed his father and Uncle

cried. "Take me o

We'll take you home all

ncle Ben. "Sit down, Ted, or th

t swung from side to side. And if Ted had sat up too straight this stick was likely to hit him. Teddy knew that to fall "overboa

good thing he did, too, for a moment later the wind swung around the lower part of the sail, with the big, heavy

s he saw that Teddy had minded. "Now

in an instant, had loosed the ropes that held up the sail. Down it came, and, as the wind no longer had anything to blow on, the sailboat

little boy, as he took him into the motor boat. "Didn't I tell you no

rgot!" confessed Teddy.

il? I'm sure there wasn't any sail on this boat when we arrived at Silver Lake. H

" admitted Teddy. "A

rtin asked, and he looked

id Mr. Wilson. "And I didn't see

re you sure, Teddy, that a m

. "I was playing around with Jan and Trouble. You w

Go on. Tell me who put up the sail for you.

, and I said to Jan, 'let's get in a boat' and she said, 'no,' an

ay anything?"

plied Teddy. "An' then he said: 'Wh

ised, was he, Ted?

s'prised, I guess," an

away?" ask

boat, and I thought maybe daddy sent him to put it up for me, and I g

w you before you were blown clear across the lake. I can't understa

ng for you around the b

f the Curlytops. "This man must have been a stranger, though why he should hoist the s

le Ben. "He didn't hear us come, and he came down to the dock to take a ride as he had

Martin. "But I'd like to know who the ma

was-he was

her. "But was he a man li

t at his father,

ou," he said. "That's

ch from that," said Mr

"I don't want strange men hoisting the sails on my b

ed Teddy. "I guess he looked like

k to shore, or your mother will be worried more than she is now. Thoug

Mrs. Martin, on shore, could see that the little boy was safe. Teddy's mother w

again, and back to the dock it

o it!" cried his mother as

ared Mr. Martin, after he ha

ous!" said Mrs. Marti

ed Trouble, as they all walked u

Martin solemnly. "None of you children is to get in

ytops and at Trouble. They knew wha

er, and they sat down to the table which had be

ful time of sitting under the trees in the cool of

think it must be time for Ted and Jan to see what they

e, Curlytops-tumble in! as we used to

e bungalow, and soon the Curlytop

e Curlytop lad was awakened by hearing Trouble calling to him. Ted opened his eyes to see his little brother, in his baggy pyjamas, s

'ake, and bringed him in. He's nice, but he not as nice as Skywocket! He don't