“She’s awfully cute!” exclaimed Bert. “You ought to see her grab hold of my nose! She holds on so tight!” And he laughed at the remembrance.
Mr. Bobbsey was driving the car along at as fast a pace as was safe, and they were about half way to Hankertown when Bert noticed little jets of vapor coming from the radiator.
“Look, Dad!” he exclaimed. “She’s steaming!”
“Whew!” whistled Mr. Bobbsey. “I’m out of water! Must stop and get some right away! It won’t do to overheat the engine!”
He stopped the car, and at once a loud hissing was heard while from beneath the car a big cloud of steam poured out.
“Oh! are we on fire?” screamed Nan.
CHAPTER X
LOST IN THE WOODS
“Don’t be silly, Nan!” exclaimed Bert, as he held his sister back. She seemed about to leap from the car, which Mr. Bobbsey had already left.
“What do you mean—silly?” demanded Nan, a bit angrily.
“Because the car isn’t on fire—is it, Daddy?” he appealed to his father.