Bobbsey's letter came. Enough money
was sent on to enable Will to make the trip out west, where he would
be well cared for. He could not thank the Bobbsey family enough for
what they had done for him.
Mr. Hardee heard where his runaway boy had been found, and tried to
get him back, but Mr. Bobbsey would not permit this. So Will's life
began to be a pleasant one. The time he had spent on the houseboat,
after coming from his hiding place, was the happiest he had ever
known.
"Well, what shall we do now?" asked Bert one day, after Will had gone.
"It seems queer not to have to be on the lookout for a mystery or
something like that."
"Doesn't it," agreed Harry.
"And so that was your secret?" asked Nan.
"Yes, that was it," her brother answered. "But I wish we had something
to do now."
"Whatever you do, you want to do in the next two weeks," said Mr.
Bobbsey, coming up on deck.
"Why?" asked Bert.
"Because our houseboat trip will come to an end then."
"Oh!" cried the Bobbsey twins in a chorus. "That's too bad!"
"But I have other pleasures for you," went on Mr. Bobbsey. "The summer
vacation is not yet over."
And those of you who wish to read of what further pleasures the
children had, may do so in the following volume, which will be called
"The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook.
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