“I know you will, Dinah,” said Mrs. Bobbsey. “Now, you be good children, won’t you?” she asked, kissing them all again.
“We will,” promised Nan.
“I’m going to make a snow man!” declared Freddie.
“An’ I’m going to make a snow lady,” said Flossie.
“I’ll write you a letter,” promised Bert, “and let you know everything is all right.”
“Yes, Son, do that,” begged his father. “And if it is found out who broke the window, put that in your letter.”
Bert promised he would do this. More good-byes were said, Mrs. Bobbsey kissed the children for the third time all around, and then, trying not to let them see that her eyes were shining with unshed tears, she ran out to the taxicab, followed by her husband.
“Doan you worry now!” were Dinah’s parting words. “Everyt’ing am gwine to be all right!”
But little did Dinah, nor any of the others, know what was going to happen when the Bobbsey twins began keeping house.
So early had breakfast been served that morning, in order that Mr. and Mrs. Bobbsey could take the train, that it was not yet time for school. So Bert went out to the garage where Sam Johnson was at work, for Bert wanted to fix something on his sled.