Whether Danny Rugg was afraid the principal had seen him trying to
force a fight on Bert, or whether the unexpected fall that came to
him, caused it, no one knew, but certainly, for the next few days,
Danny let Bert alone. When he passed him he scowled, or shook his
fist, or muttered something about "getting even," but this was all.

Perhaps it was the thought of what Bert had seen fall from Danny's
pocket that made the bully less anxious to keep up the quarrel.
At any rate, Bert was left alone and he was glad of it. He was not
afraid, but he liked peace.

The school days went on, and the classes settled down to their work
for the long Winter term. And the thought of the snow and ice
that would comparatively soon be with them, made the Bobbsey twins
rejoice.

"Charley Mason and I are going to make a dandy big bob this year,"
said Bert one day. "It's going to carry ten fellows."

"And no girls?" asked Nan with a smile. She was walking along
behind her brother with Grace and Nellie.

"Sure, we'll let you girls ride once in a while," said Charley, as
he caught up to his chum. "But you can't steer."

"I steered a bob once," said Grace, who was quite athletic for her
age. "It was Danny Rugg's, too."

"Pooh! His is a little one alongside the one Charley and I are