Of course Mr. and Mrs. Bobbsey were interested in the place where the
wonderful man had lived, and they looked about the grounds where he had
once walked, and they visited the house where he had lived. But, really,
the children did not care much for it.
"When are we going back?" asked Freddie several times.
"Don't you like it here?" asked his mother. "Just think of what a
wonderful and beautiful place this is!"
"Well," said Freddie slowly, "I didn't see any fire engines yet."
Mrs. Bobbsey tried not to laugh, but it was hard work.
"I think we'd better go back to Washington," she said to her husband.
"I think so, too," he answered, and back to Washington they went. This
time they rode on a trolley car, and there was no danger of Freddie's
sending in an alarm of fire.
And on the way home something quite wonderful happened. At least it was
wonderful for Freddie.
He was looking out of the window, when suddenly he gave a yell that
startled his father and mother, as well as Nan, Bert, Nell and Flossie,
and that made the other passengers sit up.
"Oh, look! There's a fire engine! There's a fire engine!" cried the
little chap, pointing; and, surely enough, there was one going along the
street.
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