"Here we are!" called Uncle Daniel a little later, as the horses
turned up a driveway in front of the Bobbsey country home. Lines of
boxwood hedge grew along the graveled drive, and back of this hedge
were beds of beautiful flowers, the perfume of which could be smelled
this warm, August day.
"Oh, how lovely it is here," sighed Nan, turning around from having
waved a welcome to Mabel Herold.
"Yes, I always like to come to Meadow Brook," said Mrs. Bobbsey.
"Whoa!" called Uncle Daniel.
The door of the house opened, and in it stood Aunt Sarah, and behind
her Martha, the smiling servant.
"Oh, how glad I am to see you!" cried Aunt Sarah, as the children
piled down from the wagon to hug and kiss her. "Now get your things
off, and we'll have supper," she went on.
"I'm hungry!" announced Freddie.
"So am I!" added Flossie. "There was so much to look at in that eating
car, I didn't eat half enough.
"Well, we have plenty here, my dear," said her aunt.
"We must let Snoop out. I guess he's hungry, too," said Freddie, who
never forgot the black cat. Snap, the dog, had raced along beside the
wagon, and was now cooling his thirst at the spring near the side
door.
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