ppose the children are hungry."

"Dey's always dat way!" laughed fat Dinah. "I neber seen 'em when dey
wasn't hungry. But jest show me whar's de cook-stove an' suffin' t'
cook, an' dey won't be hungry long, mah honey lambs!"

Dinah was as good as her word, and she soon had a fine meal on the table
in the dining tent, for the men Mr. Bobbsey had hired to set up the
canvas houses had everything in readiness to go right to "housekeeping,"
as Nan said.

There were several tents for the Bobbsey family. One large one was for
the family to sleep in, while a smaller one, near the kitchen tent, was
for Dinah and her husband. Then there was a tent that served as a
dining-room, and another where the trunks and food could be stored. In
this tent was an ice box, for a boat stopped at the island every day and
left a supply of ice.

The children helped to unpack and settle camp, though, if the truth were
told, perhaps they did more to unsettle it than otherwise. But Mr. and
Mrs. Bobbsey were used to this, and knew how to manage.

So the meal was eaten, Whisker was put in his little stable, made under
a pile of brush-wood, and the children went out rowing in a boat. They
had lots of fun that afternoon, and Bert even did a little hunting for
Snap, thinking that, by some chance, the trick dog might be on the
island. But Snap was not to be found.

"Though, of course, we didn't half look," Bert said. "We'll look again
to-morrow."

And now it was evening in "Twin Camp," as the Bobbseys had decided to
call their place on Blueberry Island. There had been quite a talk as to
what to name the camp, but when Dinah suggested "Twin," every one agreed
that it was best. So "Twin Camp" it was called, and Daddy Bobbsey said
he would have a wooden sign made with that on it, and a flag to hoist
over it on a pole.

Beds were made up in the sleeping tent, and soon even Nan and Bert
declared that they were ready to go to Slumberland by the quickest
train or steamboat which was headed for that place. They had been up
early and had been very busy. Flossie and Freddie dropped off to sleep
as soon as they put their heads on the pillows.

Freddie did not know what time it was when he awakened. It was in the
night, he was sure of that, for it was dark in the tent except where the
little oil light was aglow. What had awakened him was something bumping
against him. His cot was near one of the walls of the sleeping tent and
he awoke with a start.

"Hi!"