"Don't you have a lake there?" asked Bert.

"No; but we have the Potomac River," answered Billy. "That's nice, but
not as nice as this lake. Now let's go and look at the big piles of
lumber."

"Yes, let's," echoed Nell.

The children tossed some chips into the lake, pretending they were
boats, and then they walked around the yard to where long boards and
planks were stacked into great piles, waiting to be taken away on boats
or wagons.

Bert asked one of the workmen if they could play with some of the
boards, and, receiving permission to do so, they had fun making
something they called a house, and then on a see-saw.

"Oh, I always did love to see-saw!" said the little girl from
Washington. "We don't get much of a chance to play that way where I come
from."

"We have see-saw rides lots of times down here," answered Nan.

"Well, that's Because your father owns a lumberyard, and you can get
plenty of boards to use for a see-saw," said Henry.

For an hour or more Bert and Nan entertained the Washington children in
the lumberyard, and then, as it was getting close to dinner time, Nan
told Bert they had better go back to their father's office.