"Oh, bless your hearts - that dog!" cried Mamma Bobbsey. "Sam took him
out in the barn. You may see him in the morning, if he doesn't 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 tonight."

"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,