"Oh, Nan, a real cake!" cried Mrs. Bobbsey. "How nice it looks!"
"We've got some real housekeepers around here," said Mr. Bobbsey. "I'll
have to try that sure."
When the cake was cut all ate liberally of it. They declared it just
right and said it could not be better. Even Dinah was tickled.
"Couldn't do no better maself," she declared. "Bymeby Dinah will be cut
out of a job--wid Miss Nan a-doin' ob de bakin'."
"No, Dinah, you shall stay even if I do do the baking," answered Nan;
and went to bed feeling very happy.
CHAPTER XIV
CHRISTMAS
As the time for Christmas drew shorter all of the Bobbsey children
wondered what Santa Claus would bring them and what they would receive
from their relatives at a distance.
Freddie and Flossie had made out long lists of the things they hoped to
get. Freddie wished a fireman's suit with a real trumpet, a railroad
track with a locomotive that could go, and some building blocks and
picture books. Flossie craved more dolls and dolls' dresses, a real
trunk with a lock, fancy slippers, a pair of rubber boots, and some big
card games.
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