"Then I'll go with you," said Harry.

Leaving the two girls, with Flossie and Freddie, at the tree, Bert and
Harry made their way up to the top of the slope. There they saw the
signs of where, some one--a boy to judge by the marks of his shoes--
had tramped about, rolling a big snowball.

"That's what happened," decided Bert. "Danny Rugg, or some other mean
chap, started that slide toward us. And I think it must have been
Danny. He's up around here somewhere, and he's the only one who would
have a grudge against me."

Several days went by at the Lodge, and they were very busy ones. As
soon as breakfast was over the boys and girls would go for a walk, or
would coast down hill on a slope not far away from the old farmhouse.
Freddie and Flossie were not allowed to go very far away, as it was
hard traveling. But they had good times around the house, and out in
the old barn.

Bert and Harry made snowshoes out of barrel staves, fastening them to
their feet with straps. They managed to walk fairly well on the crust.

The lake was still covered with a coating of snow, and there was no
skating, nor could the ice-boat be used. Mr. Bobbsey, with Harry and
Bert, took the team of horses one afternoon and went after the _Ice
Bird_. They found it where Bert had left it the night of the storm.
and hitching the horses to it, pulled the craft to the dock in front
of Snow Lodge.