"Your mother doesn't like you to say 'I'll bet,'" Sam reminded her. "But perhaps the driver did drop the glove. I'll bet he's wondering where he lost it."
The children shouted with laughter and Sam looked bewildered. Bobby explained to him they were laughing because he said "I'll bet."
"Well you see, you set me a bad example," said Sam good-naturedly.
"You'd better be more careful."
"Why don't we tow the car along with us?" Bobby suggested.
"One reason, we haven't a rope and another reason, Walt has all he can do to tow us and still another reason is that we don't want to be accused of making off with a stranger's car," said Sam, and stopped for breath.
"Well, anyway, there's a sled—we can take that, can't we?" said Dot placidly.
CHAPTER XVII
MR. MENDAM
"Sled!" chorused all the other Blossoms. "Where is there a sled?"
Dot pointed to a drift at one side of the road. Sure enough, the runners of a sled were sticking straight out.