allen and slid along the ice, the ice-boat, with Flossie and Freddie snugly tucked

mbered that they had nearly fallen out, and then they had sailed on again. It was not until Flossie opened her eye

claimed. "Where ar

an?" added Freddie.

and far behind them saw their father and mother, with B

o sail the boat alone!" cried Freddie

e believed what Freddie had said-that the others had jumped off the ice-boa

back toward the tiller, which was the last thi

d Flossie. "Do you

nswer. "You just watch me. I

o be awfully ca

ways carefu

swered Flossie, somewhat slowly. She di

confident reply. "You just watch me! I'll m

boat sailed straight before the wind. Otherwise it would have darted from side to side, and perhaps Flossie and Freddie wo

ad been a bit frightened at first, but now Freddie was thinking only of how he

looked back and saw the frantic signals of her father and moth

was too far away for the older Bobbseys to make their voices heard by Fl

"No telling what it will do to them i

his father with him, while Mrs. Bob

reddie. "They must be tired. Well, I'll steer the boat b

ybe. If you

wh

he ice-b

can squirt water from my fire engine, can

crawled back to the tiller, still held fast in a loop of the rope, the small boy fo

to move from side to side. So, finding that the rope, which was fast to the

d from side to side, and this, of cour

lossie, "don't jigg

for he was being "jiggled" himself, as the rudder shook from side

," Flossie announced,

ed Freddie, trying his bes

omesick! I wa

ving a nice r

t papa and mamma! I

urned around a point of land, and this hid

taken the rope from the tiller, so the rudder handle moved freely from side t

ved the rudder he steered the ice-boat so that the wind

his is too fast! How can we

the little boy. "Don't yo

can't make my nose wor

en Bert was steering, and Flossie was frightened.

he boat!" crie

pull on," and he took hold of the one fast to the end of the sail-

lled it the wrong way, for, in an instant, the ice-boat seemed to "stand on its

that!" cried t

er. "I guess I pulled on the wrong r

. The children could not see their father, mother, Bert or Nan now. They would soon be at the end of the lake, and before

etty soon," faltered Freddie.

over as far from him as it would go. The result was a surprise to him and to Flossie.

now drift and with another motion sent Flossie and Freddie, together with the robes and blankets, flyi

e, brushing the snow from her face, looked around, and

hat hap

way from it," replied Freddie. "I must have turne

. Are

sn't broken. Bert wouldn't l

e the lake had frozen, they heard a voice calling to them. Looking in the direction of the woods, they saw coming

e in a low voice. "Wh

odchopper. He'll help us get the boat on t

ever going to ride in an ice-boat with you any more. Never!

is upset, I see! Well, you two are pretty small potatoes to be out sailing alone. 'Most froze, too, I'll warrant y

ssie. "But we're not

yhow, your cheeks look like red