[ Prepared by Diane and Don Nafis, dnafis@nazlo.com ]
The Bobbsey Twins at School
LAURA LEE HOPE
CONTENTS chapter page I. A CIRCUS TRAIN . . . . . . . . 1 II. SNOOP IS GONE . . . . . . . . 16 III. A QUEER DOG . . . . . . . . 27 IV. HOME IN AN AUTO . . . . . . . 36 V. SNAP DOES TRICKS . . . . . . 48 VI. DANNY RUGG IS MEAN . . . . . 57 VII. AT SCHOOL . . . . . . . . . . 66 VIII. BERT SEES SOMETHING . . . . 78 IX. OFF TO THE WOODS . . . . . . 87 X. A SCARE . . . . . . . . . . . 99 XI. DANNY'S TRICK . . . . . . . .1O9 XII. THE CHILDREN'S PARTY . . . .121 XIII. AN UNPLEASANT SURPRISE . . 129 XIV. A COAT BUTTON . . . . . . . 138 XV. THANKSGIVING . . . . . . . . 152 XVI. MR. TETLOW ASKS QUESTIONS. .161 XVII. THE FIRST SNOW . . . . . . 169 XVIII. A NIGHT ALARM . . . . . . 178 XIX. WHO WAS SMOKING? . 187 XX. A CONFESSION . . . . . . . 195 XXI. THE FAT LADY'S LETTER . . . 202 XII. SNAP AND SNOOP . . . . . . . 209
THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT SCHOOL
CHAPTER I A CIRCUS TRAIN
"MAMMA, how much longer have we got to ride?" asked Nan Bobbsey, turning in her seat in the railroad car, to look at her parents, who sat behind her.
"Are you getting tired?" asked Nan's brother Bert. "If you are I'll sit next to the window, and watch the telegraph poles and trees go by. Maybe that's what tires you, Nan," he added, and his father smiled, for he saw that Bert had two thoughts for himself, and one for his sister.
"No, I'm not tired of the scenery," answered the brownhaired and browneyed girl, "but you may sit next the window, Bert, if you like."
"Thanks!" he exclaimed as he scrambled over to the place his sister gave up.
"Are you tired, dearie?" asked Mrs. Bobbsey, leaning forward and smoothing out her daughter's hair with her hand. "If you would like to sit with me and put your head in my lap, papa can go to another seat and -"
"Oh, no, mamma, I'm not as tired as that," and Nan laughed. "I was just wondering how soon we'd be home."
"I'd rather be back at the seashore," said Bert, not turning his gaze from the window, for the train was passing along some fields just then, and in one a boy was driving home some cows to be milked, as evening was coming on. Bert was wondering if one of the cows might not chase the boy. Bert didn't really want to see the boy hurt by a cow, of course, but he thought that if the cow was going to take after the boy, anyhow, he might just as well see it. But the cows were very well-behaved, and went along slowly.
"Yes, the seashore was nice," murmured Nan, as she leaned her head back on the cushioned seat, "but I'm glad to be going home again. I want to see some of the girls, and -"
"Yes, and I'll be looking for some of the boys, too," put in Bert. "But school will soon begin, and that's no fun!"
Mr. and Mrs. Bobbsey smiled at each other, and Mr. Bobbsey, taking out a timetable, looked to see how much longer they would be on the train.
"It's about an hour yet," he said to Nan, and she sighed. Really she was more tired than she cared to let her mother know.
Just ahead of the two Bobbsey children were another set of them. I say "set" for the Bobbsey children came "in sets."
There were two pairs of twins, Bert and Nan, nearly nine years of age, and Flossie and Freddie, almost five. And, whereas the two older children were rather tall and slim, with dark brown hair and eyes, the littler twins were short and fat, and had light hair and blue eyes. The two pairs of twins were quite a contrast, and many persons stopped to look at them as they passed along the street together.
