"Will there be any danger?" asked Dorothy, who was not used to the
activities of the Bobbseys.

"Oh, don't worry!" cried Harry. "We'll look after you girls."

"They think they will," murmured Nan looking at her cousin, "I guess I
know almost as much about the _Ice Bird_ as Bert does."

"Where is your ice-boat?" asked Harry of Bert, as they kept on along
the path that led to the lake.

"Over in the next cove. I had her out the other day, and the wind died
out, leaving me there. Since then we've been so busy getting ready to
go to Snow Lodge that I haven't had time to bring her back to the
dock."

"Will she be safe over there?"

"I guess so--hardly anybody goes there in winter."

The two cousins--Harry from the country and Dorothy from the
seashore,--in each of which places the Bobbseys had spent part of the
preceding summer,--had followed soon after their letters, and had been
warmly welcomed by Nan, Bert, Flossie and Freddie. The visitors were
rather surprised to learn that the Bobbsey family was preparing to go
away for a winter vacation in the woods, but they were only too glad
to accept an invitation to go along.

So it was arranged, and in another day the start to Mr. Carford's
former home would be made. Mr. Bobbsey had a big sled gotten ready,