"Pile in!" invited the driver again, and when the Bobbsey twins
reached the wagon they found it was half-filled with pine tree
branches, over which horse blankets had been spread.
"Why, it's as soft as a sleeping car!" exclaimed Nan. "Oh, how nice
this is!" and she sank down with a sigh of contentment.
Bert helped Flossie and Freddie in, and Mr. Bobbsey helped in his
wife.
"Got everything?" asked the driver, as he climbed up on his seat,
which was made of two boards with springs between them.
"Yes, we're all ready," Mr. Bobbsey answered.
"Gid-dap!" called the man to his big, strong horses, and they started
off.
The Bobbsey twins soon knew why it was that no automobile could have
traveled over the roads through the woods to the lumber camp. There
were so many holes that the wagon lurched about as the boat had when
the Bobbseys were on the deep blue sea.
But rough as was the road, and tossed about as they were in the wagon,
the Bobbsey twins were not hurt a bit, as the blankets spread over the
spicy-smelling pine branches made a couch almost as soft as a feather
bed for them.
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