human
Your father is going to send the automobile for you, so we will stay here until it comes. I told him where we were.
gpt
Was he worried?
human
Yes, very much, the man answered.
gpt
Bert, your brother, went out to look for you but could not find you, and your father was just about to start out.
human
Well, we're all right now, said Freddie,
gpt
Oh, that's all right, said the man, with a laugh.
human
In finding you I found myself, for I was lost, too.
gpt
Flossie! Freddie! he cried.
human
We were _so_ worried about you! What happened?
gpt
Oh, we just got lost, said Freddie, calmly,
human
We found each other, said the stranger, with a smile,
gpt
You don't say so! cried Mr. Bobbsey.
human
Where does your mother live?
gpt
Somewhere in Lakeport. At least she and my son did the last I heard, though they may have moved. Perhaps you can direct me. My name is Henry Todd, and I am looking for a Mrs. James Todd and her grandson, Tommy Todd. I am a sea captain, and I was wrecked a number of years ago. It was on a lonely island and----
human
Say! cried Freddie, so excited that he slipped right off the soda-water counter seat.
gpt
Say! Are you--are you Tommy Todd's father?
human
Yes, that's who I am, the man said.
gpt
But what do you know of Tommy?
human
Why, we'd been leaving a basket of things at his house--with Tommy's grandmother. Then we went out in the storm and got lost, Freddie cried in much excitement.
gpt
Oh, if you are Tommy's father we won't have to buy a ship and go off to the desert island looking for you, like Robinson Crusoe. Oh, how glad he'll be that you have come back!
human
And how glad I'll be when I see him and my mother! cried Mr. Todd.
gpt
But you spoke of taking her some food. Is my mother poor, and in want?
human
She is poor, but not exactly in want. My wife and I and some friends have been looking after her. Your boy, Tommy, runs errands for me.
gpt
Well, well! Tommy must be getting to be quite a boy now. And to think it was your children whom I found and who told me where I was, so none of us were lost. It is very strange! And can you tell me where my mother lives?
human
I can, and I'll take you there. It is not a very nice house, but we have a better one for her. Only she did not want to move in this cold weather.
gpt
I can not thank you enough for being kind to my mother and my son, said Mr. Todd.
human
But now I shall be able to look after them. I have plenty of money and they need want for nothing now.