Dinah cry again:

"Oh, yo' am all wet, honey lamb! Yo' is all soakin' wet! Oh, now it's
comin' fo' me ag'in! Oh, stop it, Freddie! Stop it!"

"I--I can't!" was all Freddie said.

The next moment Mr. Bobbsey, followed by his wife, had reached the
kitchen. There they saw a queer sight.

In the middle of the floor stood Flossie and Freddie, water dripping
from their hands and faces. Dinah, too, was wet, and she was fairly
flying around, with a plate in one hand and a dish towel in the other.

And, all about the kitchen was spurting a stream of water, while over
by the stove stood Freddie's toy fire engine. It was this engine that
was spraying the water all over the room.




CHAPTER VII

THE TWO COUSINS


"Oh, Freddie! What has happened?" cried Mrs. Bobbsey.

"It--it's the---" began Freddie, but that was as far as he got, for
just then the stream of water from his toy engine spurted right into