"Well," said Nan, as she leaned over to re-tie the bow of Flossie's
hair ribbon. It had become loose in the hurried search for the book
straps. "Well, you know I went down to papa's lumber office this
morning, to bring him the letter that came here to the house by
mistake. It was a letter from--"
"You can skip that part of it," suggested Bert. "I don't want to wait
so long about hearing the news."
"Well, I thought I'd tell you everything," said Nan. "Anyhow, when I
was in papa's office he bought it."
"What did he buy?" asked Freddie, getting to the point more quickly
than Bert would have done. "What'd he buy, Nan?"
"A houseboat," went on the older girl twin. Mr. Marvin was there, and
he sold papa the Marvin houseboat. Oh! and such fun as we're--"
"What's a houseboat?" interrupted Flossie.
"It's a boat with a house on it, of course," spoke Bert, eagerly. "I
know. I've seen lots of them. You can live in them just like in a
house, only it's on water. There's more room in a houseboat than in a
regular boat. Go on, Nan."
"Are we going to live in it?" asked Freddie.
"I think so--at least part of the time," said Nan. "Now I'll tell you
all I know about it. I couldn't stay to ask all I wanted to, as papa
was busy. Besides, it was sort of a secret, and I found it out by
accident before he meant me to.
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