"I'll soon dig a way to Nicknack's place," said Uncle Frank, and he started at a point where the tunnel ran to the barn door. It did not take him long, with the big shovel, to clear a place so that the door to Nicknack's stable was free, for the drifts were not so deep on this side of the barn.
"Now for the goat!" cried Daddy Martin. "Stand back, Curlytops, and let Uncle Frank go first."
Uncle Frank, holding the lantern over his head, entered the goat's stable. He stood still for a few seconds.
"Is he all right?" asked Teddy anxiously.
"Well, I can't see him at all," Uncle Frank answered.
"You can't see him?" echoed Mr. Martin.
"No, Nicknack isn't here. He's gone!"
CHAPTER XIX
WHAT NICKNACK BROUGHT
Teddy and Janet were so surprised they did not know what to say. They just stood and looked at one another in the light of the lantern their father held after having milked the cow. Uncle Frank was in Nicknack's little stable with another lantern.