"Girls, girls! What am I going to do to you?" she went on.
"You might have fallen overboard."
"Yes, that is true, they might have," said Mr. Bobbsey. "But I think
this will be a lesson to them, and no harm has come to them this time.
But it is best for children to keep out of boats."
"Indeed it is," agreed the lady. "Oh, I can't thank you enough, sir!"
she said to Mr. Bobbsey. "I have told Sallie and Jane never to go out
on the lake unless Frank is with them, but he isn't here now."
"Is Frank their brother?" asked Mr. Bobbsey.
"Not exactly a brother. My husband is his guardian," the lady went on.
"I am Mrs. Mason."
"Oh, I am glad to know you," said Mr. Bobbsey. "I am on my way to your
husband's office now, to see him on business. I am glad I could do you
a favor."
"Indeed it is more than a favor," said Mrs. Mason. "I cannot thank you
enough. When Frank was home I did not worry so much about the girls,
as he looked after them. But my husband thinks he is now old enough to
help in the lumber yard, and so he keeps him down at the office. You
are going down there, you say?"
"Yes," replied Mr.
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