Creek. We haven't been down that direction in some time."

"Lemby Creek!" exclaimed Bert. "Isn't that the name of the place where
that boy came from?" "Well, Lemby is a town on Lemby Creek," spoke his
father. "Will Watson works on Mr. Hardee's farm, and that is just
outside the village. Lemby Creek is about ten miles long, and by going
along that we can get into Lake Romano. That is a large body of water,
and there is a waterfall at the farther end."

"A waterfall!" cried Freddie. "Oh, goodie! Can we go see it, papa?"

"I guess so," said Mr. Bobbsey. "We'll make this a long trip. It will
take over a month, but of course we won't travel every day. Some days
we'll just anchor the boat in a shady place, and---"

"Fish!" interrupted Bert.

"Yes, fish, or go in swimming--anything to have a good time," Mr.
Bobbsey said.

"Oh, won't we have fun!" cried Freddie again. "We'll take Snoop and
Snap along, and they'll like it, too."

"I guess Snap will, because he's fond of the water," said Bert, with a
laugh. "But Snoop doesn't care for it."

"Snoop can sleep on deck in the sun," said Nan. "She'll like that. I
wish I could ask one of my girl friends to come along with us for the
houseboat trip. We have so many nice rooms on the Bluebird it seems a
pity not to use them."