Not very much happened on it, except that once Bert forgot the valise
with the dishes in it, having left it in a car, but he thought of it in
time and ran back to get it just before the train was about to start
away with it. After that he was more careful.
"Well, honey lambs! I suah is glad to see yo' all back!" cried Dinah, as
she welcomed the Bobbsey twins at their own door. "Come right in, I'se
got lots fo' yo' all to eat! Come in, honey lambs! How am mah little fat
fairy and' mah little fireman?"
"Oh, we're fine, Dinah!" said Freddie, "And I saw a real fire and I
pulled the fire bell on the boat an'--an'--an'--everything!"
"Bress yo' heart, honey lamb! I guess yo' did!" laughed Dinah.
"And I got a little doll and my hat blew off the steeple!" cried
Flossie.
"Lan' sakes! Do tell!" cried Dinah.
"And we found Miss Pompret's dishes!" broke in Nan.
"And we're going to get the hundred dollars reward," added Bert. "'Cept,
of course, if they aren't the right ones you can have 'em for souvenirs,
Dinah."
"Bress yo' heart, honey lamb! Dinah's got all she wants when yo' all
come back. Now I go an' git somethin' to eat!"
The children--at least Nan and Bert--were so eager to have Miss Pompret
see the two dishes that they hardly ate any of the good things Dinah
provided.
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