along the road cheer after cheer greeted our young friends, for even the few o

ound planned, so from the postoffice the cadets and

found a surpris

lawn for everyb

m made by Dinah and Martha, besides the cookies and jumbles Aunt Sarah supplied, with ice-cold lem

lisped Freddie. "But I held

eat grass in the middle of th

more? Jack, you surely need two plates after

more of the good things, and so it took quite a wh

," Harry told Uncle Daniel, "and we're all going o

ed gun," remarked Uncle Daniel. "Take care, if y

d-white-and-blue things had been stored away for another year

t the pond bank, which was a high green w

wder in the old gun, and all t

ow tree," suggested Bert. "We can see it

n the low willow, that l

y," Harry said, seei

etting hold of the long str

it a tug, t

expecting to hear an awful ba

what might be the matter, when the next instant with

is hat seemed to g

lled!" yelle

er!" gasp

now better!" s

cannon was dange

boys climbed down from the tree and joined the others. "He's only unconscious from the shock,

some of the boys looked aroun

ellow attempted to pick up a piece of the old g

e report of the accident, and she was now b

told the frightened people, "and I thin

d, then he sat up

e smiled, remember

nt off with it," Mr. Maso

when my head clears a b

ng you for firing that old gun. Come home now and go to b

to his home, for they could not

is cousin. "We have to get all ou

es still held out, and Flossie had a few more "snakes" left. Nan

ng to land in the orchard." This announcement caused all the children

n exclaimed as the big bal

that went up from the far

t from the balloon; and hanging to

reddie, all excited. "Let

little boy. "That umbrella keeps

it?" Fre

er the umbrella and holds it up. The m

fly up in it," Freddie r

e enough the big parachute, with the man dangling on it,

e, losing the colored umbrella and quic

swered John. "Did yo

n his shirt. "But I've got a long walk back to

ckly decided to let the balloon man rid

told the stranger. "I know the man there, and he

lloon, and the balloonist was indeed very pleasant with the little ones. He too

er listening to all the dangers there are s

n tossing about in the air came do

whichever one of you boys gets that balloon first will g

esides the Bobbseys, and they tumbled over each other trying to get there first. Ned Prentice, Nettie's

ert!" cal

Harry!" yelle

, Tom!" came

he regular race, and

t," called the

s Ha

it's

n, as the only poor boy in the crowd

Uncle Daniel, for he and Mr.

good-naturedly, for Ned was a favorite companio

niel suggested. "Then we can brin

as John had hitched up the big wagon ail the boys