“You bet I will,” grinned the chauffeur. “I guess Matsie dropped out when I went into a rut back there; the rest of the trip he rides down under the seat tied fast.”
He thanked the Blossoms again for finding the dog for him and went back to his car, and Father Blossom continued the journey toward home. Twaddles, who had been remarkably silent the whole trip, spoke just as they were coming into Oak Hill.
“Well, I never dropped a dog out of the car, did I?” he said seriously, and Mother Blossom kissed him and said no, he never had.
“But you’ve dropped about everything else,” declared Bobby gloomily.
CHAPTER V
THE FOOTBALL GAME
FATHER BLOSSOM drove Mrs. Jordan and Paul home and left Miss Florence at her house. They all said it had been the happiest Thanksgiving they had known in years and the four little Blossoms were happy, too.
“I like to have company come to our house,” said Meg, as she was going to bed that night. “Don’t you, Dot?”
“Yes, I do,” replied Dot sleepily. “I’m thankful for company.”
The next day there was no school, of course, and though Bobby had planned to play with Meg and the twins, two boys came to ask him to play football before he was through breakfast.
“Fred Baldwin has a football, Mother,” said Bobby earnestly. “And we’re getting up a football team. Do you care if I go over to his house and play?”