little toy fire engine. Ever since then Mr. Bobbsey had called the
little chap "fireman."

Dinah Johnson was the Bobbsey's cook. She had been with them many years.
And Sam, her husband, worked around the house, carrying out ashes,
cutting the grass, and such things as that.

Besides these, the Bobbsey family consisted of Snap, the big dog who
once had been in a circus and could do tricks, and Snoop, the black cat.

These pets were taken along wherever the Bobbsey twins went on their
Summer vacations. For the Bobbseys used to spend each Summer either in
the mountains or at the seashore. The second book tells about the good
time they had in the country while the third one tells of their
adventures at the shore.

"The Bobbsey Twins at School," is the name of the fourth book, and in
that I had the pleasure of telling you the many good times they had
there. Later on they went to "Snow Lodge" and helped solve a mystery,
while on the houseboat, _Bluebird_, where they spent one vacation, they
found a "stowaway," and, if you want to know what that is, I advise you
to read the book.

"The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook," is the name of the book just before
this present one. On the farm of Uncle Daniel Bobbsey the twins had had
a most glorious time, and they were on their way home in the train when
the fresh air children got aboard, and Tommy Todd told the story about
his lost father. Then had come the sudden stop, and Bert had seen the
men with guns outside the train.