for him," said Bert. "Still, I'd rather he would go somewhere else."

"If Mr. Rugg is going up to see about having lumber cut," said Nan, "I
guess there won't be much fun for Danny. Maybe he won't bother us at
all."

"He will if he gets a chance," declared her brother. "Danny's just
that kind. But we'll wait and see."

Bert, Nan and Charley talked for some time longer about the trip to
Snow Lodge, and then, as it was getting nearly time for dinner, they
skated down the lake toward their homes.

"How are you folks going up to the lodge?" asked Charley, before
parting from Bert and Nan.

"Oh, I guess father will take one of his big lumber sleds and drive us
all up," replied Bert. "We'll have to take along lots of things to
eat, for it's a good ways to the store, and we might get snowed in."

"That's right," said Charley. "But say, why don't you and Freddie go
up in our iceboat, the _Ice Bird_? It isn't much of a run to Snow
Lodge, on the lake, and it's good going now."

"I never thought of that!" exclaimed Bert. "I wonder if father would
let us?"

"You can ask him," said Nan. "I'd like to skate up, if it wasn't so
far. But I don't believe it would be safe to take Freddie on the ice-
boat, Bert. He's so little, and so easily excited that he might tumble