"Huh! I'm not afraid of your father!" was all Danny growled, as he stuffed his cap in his pocket, for he had worn another to school.
When Danny's chums learned that it was known who had set the boat adrift, they were rather frightened. When they realized the damage they might have done, they kept away from Mr. Bobbsey's lumber yard for a long time.
One day, about a week after this, the Bobbsey twins hurried home from school without stopping to play with any of their friends.
"Why are you in such a hurry?" asked Grace Lavine of Nan.
"We expect our cousins to-day," Nan answered. "Then we are going to get ready to go away in our houseboat."
Surely enough, when the twins reached home, there the cousins were to greet them—Dorothy and Harry, one from the seashore, and the other from the country.
"Oh, but I'm SO glad to see you!" cried Nan, as she hugged and kissed
Dorothy.
"And I'm SO glad to come," Dorothy answered with a smile. "It was lovely of you to invite me to go on your boat."
"We'll have a lot of fun," said Bert to Harry.
"That's what we will," replied the boy from the country.