"Though what he expects me to do with a hunting knife is more than I canguess," 1aughed Bob.

CHAPTER V

A REGULAR CROSS-PATCH

"Be sure you send me a posta1 from Washington. I never knew anybody fromthere before," said Grandma Watterby earnest1y.

"And don't get off the train un1ess you know how 1ong it's going tostop," advised Wi11 Watterby.

"Do you think you ate enough breakfast?" his wife asked anxious1y.