Of
course he did not think it wise to try little Freddie's plan of
breaking the wire with a "cutter thing" such as the telephone men
carried.
"Well," said Mr. Bobbsey, after a bit, "I guess the only thing for us
to do is to go back, until we are anchored in some part of Lemby Creek
that doesn't belong to Mr. Hardee."
"Does he really own this water?" asked Bert.
"Well, he says so, and I have no doubt but what he does," said Mr.
Bobbsey. "If he owns land on both sides of the creek, naturally he
owns the creek, too."
"And we can't go up or down it?" asked Mrs. Bobbsey.
"Not unless he lets us."
"What about the fishes?" asked Bert "He can't stop them from swimming
up and down."
"No, he can't do that," agreed his father, with a smile.
"Then can he stop Harry and me from catching fish?" Bert wanted next
to know.
"Not if you fish somewhere else than in his waters," spoke the twins'
father. "The best thing for us to do is to go back where we were at
first, near where the creek runs into Lake Metoka. There we can anchor
for a time."
"But how are we going to get to Lake Romano?" asked Nan. "I want to
show Dorothy the big waterfall."
"Well, perhaps we can get there a little later," her father said.
"Just now Mr. Hardee has the best of us, and we'll have to do as he
says.
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