Wading out into the creek Mr. Hardee snipped the wires of the fence.
"There, now you can go on," he said to Mr. Bobbsey, but his tone was not pleasant.
"I thought I knew how to make him give in," whispered Mr. Murphy.
"Thank you," said Mr. Bobbsey to his friend. They hurried back to the houseboat.
"We're going on again!" cried the twins' father. "The fence is down."
"Oh, fine!" said Bert.
"Now for the waterfall!" sighed Nan, who loved beautiful scenery.
"Oh, I've caught a fish!" suddenly shouted Freddie and he jumped about so that his mother, with a scream, ran toward him, fearing he would go overboard.