run away in the night."

The twins looked worried over this suggestion, until Sam said:

"Oh, I locked him up good an' proper in a box stall; 'deed an' I
did, Mrs. Bobbsey. He won't get away to-night."

"That's--good," murmured Freddie, and then he fell asleep again.

Soon the little twins were undressed and put to bed. Nan and Bert
soon followed, but Mr. and Mrs. Bobbsey stayed up a little later
to talk over certain matters.

"It's good to be home again," said Mr. Bobbsey, as he looked about
the rooms of the town house.

"Yes, but we had a delightful summer," spoke his wife, "and the
children are so well. The country was delightful, and so was the
seashore. But I think I, too, am glad to be back. It will be quite
a task, though, to get the children ready for school. Flossie and
Freddie will go regularly now, I suppose, and with Nan and Bert
in a higher class, it means plenty of work."

"I suppose so," said her husband.

"But Dinah is a great help," went on Mrs. Bobbsey, for she did not
mean to complain. Flossie and Freddie had tried a few days in the
kindergarten class at school, but Flossie said she did not like it,
and, as Freddie would not go without her, their parents had taken
them both out in the Spring.