But the children soon forgot this in the joy of helping in the
distribution of the good things in the sled, and the happiness brought
to many poor families seemed to make up, in a way, for what Mr.
Carford had suffered in the trouble over his nephew.

When all the gifts had been given out from the sled, Mr. Carford drove
the two younger Bobbsey twins back to the hill where they again had
fun coasting.

Meanwhile Nan and Bert were having a good time on the ice. Nan's
camera was used to take a number of pictures, which the children hoped
would turn out well.

While Bert was taking a picture of Nan, Charley Mason came skating up,
and Bert, whose best chum he was, insisted that Charley get in the
picture also.

"My!" exclaimed Charley, as he saw Nan's camera, "that's a fine one!"

"I just got it to-day," said Nan, with a pleased smile. "I'm going to
take a lot of pictures up at Snow Lodge."

"Snow Lodge," repeated Charley. "You mean that place Mr. Carford
owns?"

"Yes," replied Bert. "He is going to let us all go up there for three
weeks or so."

"Say, that's funny," spoke Charley. "You'll have some other Lakeport
folks near you."