“I suppose so,” said Mr. Weldon. “But keep watch of him, so he doesn’t go in there again.”
“Yes, we will,” promised Ted.
“And thank you for saving Trouble,” added Jan.
“Oh, yes, thank you!” murmured Ted, who had been so taken up with admiring Mr. Weldon’s horse and the manner in which the cowboy made his steed jump the fence that he had little room to think of his manners.
“That’s all right,” said the movie man, with a smile. “We have to do harder things than that when we’re on the ‘lot.’ Well, I’ll see you later,” and he rode back to join the others, for the camera men were getting ready to film certain scenes down near one of the barns.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin also thanked Mr. Weldon that night, after they had heard how he had gotten Trouble out of danger. The Curlytops and their friends were now well settled at the farm, where they would remain about a week.
“Though if Mr. Portnay sends back that box of albums any sooner, we might travel on,” said Mr. Martin.
“Oh, let’s stay here!” pleaded Jan. “It’s lovely here!”
“We can have lots of fun,” added Ted.
“Well, since we started this tour mainly to give you children a good vacation time, and since you like it here, we might as well stay for a while,” said their father.