on this!" cried Jan.

"Will it go fast?" asked Lola.

"It'll go like an express train!" cried Ted.

"And we fellows will take turns sitting on the back and sticking our
feet out to steer," added Tom, for that is how a toboggan is guided, you
know.

"If it's going as fast as an express train I don't believe I want to
ride," said Mary, who was rather more timid than the other children.

"Don't let those boys scare you," advised Janet. "They're only talking
to hear themselves talk. Tom and Ted are always that way--aren't they,
Lola?"

"Yes," answered Tom's sister, with a laugh.

The boys were now clustered around the big toboggan, and Trouble had
taken his seat in the middle of the cushion.

"You give me wide!" he demanded of his brother.

"Not now--a little later," promised Ted. He wanted to listen to what the
Canadian was saying, telling Uncle Toby how the big toboggan was best
managed on a hill.

"I'll go down with the children the first few times," said Uncle Toby,
"to make sure it's all right. Our hill isn't so very steep, and I don't
believe there's much danger."

"On little hill not--no!" exclaimed Jules, with a smile that showed all
his white teeth. "But on big hill, steep so like roof of house, toboggan
her go like what you say--fifty-nine?"

"I guess you mean like sixty," laughed Uncle Toby.

"Mebby so. Her go very fast. I like for childrens to have good time, but
not too fast!"

"I'll see that they are careful," promised Uncle Toby.

After much teasing the three boys were allowed to sit on the toboggan
after it was tied to the rear of the automobile for the trip home.

"I won't go very fast," said Uncle Toby. "But if I should have to stop
you boys will need to stick your feet down in the snow suddenly to put
on the brakes, you know, or you'll bump into my rear wheels."

"We'll do that," promised Tom, Ted, and Harry.

Trouble wanted to ride with the boys on the toboggan as it was drawn
along over the snow behind the auto, but he was not allowed to do this,
as it was thought his brother and the other two lads would be so full of
fun that they would forget to watch him, and he might fall off and be
left behind.

The toboggan was made fast with a long rope, the boys took their places,
and with many thanks to Jules for his kindness, the trip home was begun.

"Hurray!" cried Ted. "Here we go!"

"Talk about fun!" shouted Tom. "We're having it all right!"

"I never had such a good time in my