"Did you see Tommy Todd?" Freddie queried.
"Yes; I stayed at his house."
"How is the ice-boat?" asked Bert.
"Well, there has been a thaw, as you know, and there isn't enough ice in Lake Metoka on which to sail the Bird. I guess Tommy'll have to wait until you get back there, Bert, We'll have more cold weather yet."
"Oh, are we going to leave New York?" asked Nan sorrowfully.
"We can't live here," said her mother. "We've stayed longer now than I thought we would. Have you much more business to look after?" she asked her husband.
"It will take about two weeks more, and then I think we'll go back to Lakeport. But you children can have plenty of good times in two weeks, I should think."
"Of course we can!" cried Bert. "And when we get back home"
"Are we going camping?" interrupted Freddie. "Flossie and I want to go camping in the woods."
"On an island in a lake," added the little
