was Frisky, the runaway, to be looked over. Mr. Richard Bobbsey, Freddie's father, left on

insisted, even before his breakfast had

, "'cause there's the rope that cut

firemen, but just chewed and chewed like all cows do

breakfast," and presently our little boy, with the kind-hearted maid

w above de ground. And we must only pull de

nd the radishes that a disturbed

ghtened. "Dinah, wa

toady-more scare' den you was," and she pointed to th

Freddie suggested, l

r breakfast,"

y persisted, pointing to the sof

Yes, I guess we kin pick some fo' salad," and so Dinah showed Freddi

youngest member of the family coming down the

early of course, in his queer wa

lossie, running down the cro

ferring to the luscious red strawb

sisted Flossie. "A

ejaculat

r," argued Freddie, who was no

ughed Nan, trying to t

are-ou

Dinah, which en

ing for breakfast, and returned now wit

a told the boys, "But they'll

was! Such berries, such lettuce,

early," Bert remarked. "H

n Freddie, and he wonde

went to invite the neighboring children, Flossie and Freddie were just busy jumping around t

close together on the kitchen hearth. Dinah said the

y basket, Dinah,"

ies in mine,"

when you gets out in de woods if you hasn't 'nou

ile Martha said that was about all th

he "other fellers," when Uncle Danie

along?" he asked them. "You can send a note ba

s, all instantly making a

e careful not to scare them." Then he went

the boys softly, imitating the qu

and dark homers he wanted tasted the food Harry lowere

n yard and look for two long goose feathers. Tom Mason, you can go in the ki

ssion, not knowing exactly what for until

carefully on the slip of paper the mes

nd so following his cousin's

And on the other he wrote:

ll the slips up fine enough

, as the quills were very narrow,

l under the wing of each pigeon. Only one feather was used to tie the thread to, and the light quill, the thin paper, and

icnic," Harry announced to his much interested companions. Then

h the big hay wagon, which had been chosen a

the sides for the grown folks, while the little one

ughed Nan, as the "birds' nests" rem

really was not fond of the kindergarten

d Manners and Mabel Herold, who went as Nan's guests; little Roy Mason was Freddie's company, and Bessie Dimple went

s indeed a merry one. Along the way people called out pleasantly

he city," little boys and gi

y clothes!" the gir

sted August Stout, who was stout by name and

he wagon safely, and were soo

water dropped from a little cave in the hill above. On top of the cave a large flat s

Freddie exclaimed, for he had n

informed him, although that

"regular performance," as Harry said, before they could make up their minds to dip into the water. Mabel brought up her supply with her hands, but when Nan tried it her hands l

and without further warning he thrust his y

bing him by the heels and thus

I'm drowned!" and the water really seemed to be ru

, as a shower of clean handkerchiefs was sent

to the funny accident that befell Freddie the winter

a wet one," Nan remarked, as Freddi

August, whose invitation to

as a real fireman too, that time, 'cause

. It was getting to be all woods now, only a driveway breaking throug

hosen the picnic grounds and all the things taken from the wagon, and before John was out of sight on th

urnace," Jack Ho

uild the stove. There was plenty of wood about, and when the fire was built, the raw potato

pening the baskets and arranging the places. There were so many pretty little nooks to

giants?" Fr

lonely places the woods and l

mother said, "perhaps," because there really mi