human
Wait a minute! called Mr. Bobbsey after him.
gpt
Give me your address, Tommy. Mrs. Bobbsey wants to come and see your grandmother.
human
Oh! exclaimed Tommy, and he seemed rather surprised.
gpt
Well, I live on Lombard Street.
human
What number?
gpt
There isn't any number on our house, said Tommy.
human
Maybe there was once, but it's gone now. But it's the last house on the street, the left hand side as you go toward the dumps.
gpt
All right, said Mr. Bobbsey.
human
I guess we can find you. But that's a long way to walk from here. Aren't you going to take a car?
gpt
No--no, sir, answered Tommy.
human
I don't mind walking.
gpt
Maybe he hasn't the car fare,
human
Just what I was thinking myself, answered her husband.
gpt
Here, Tommy, he went on.
human
Here's a quarter. Use it to ride home, and get yourself an ice cream soda. It's warmer here than out on the fresh air farm, and he held out the money.
gpt
The ice cream will cool you off.
human
Oh, I--I don't want to take it, said Tommy.
gpt
I don't mind the walk.
human
Come on, take it! insisted Mr. Bobbsey.
gpt
You can run some errands for me later on, and earn it, if you like that better.
human
Yes, I'll do that, said Tommy, and this time he took the money.
gpt
I'll run errands for you whenever you want me to,
human
All right, said Mr. Bobbsey with a laugh.
gpt
And tell your grandmother that we will get her more sewing to do.
human
She'll be glad to hear that,
gpt
And I won't forget about taking my saved-up money to buy a ship, so you and I can go and get your father from the desert island,
human
And I'm coming too, added Flossie.
gpt
You said I could cook.
human
You ought to take Dinah along to cook,
gpt
Maybe we will; sha'n't we, Freddie?
human
Well, if we can get a ship big enough for her and us we will, Freddie decided.
gpt
But I haven't got much money, and Dinah needs lots of room.