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THE CURLYTOPS SNOWED IN

HOWARD R. GARIS




[Illustration: TED'S SLED WAS RUNNING AWAY, AND DOWN THE DANGEROUS
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    THE CURLYTOPS
    SNOWED IN

    OR

    _Grand Fun with Skates and Sleds_

    BY

    HOWARD R. GARIS

    AUTHOR OF "THE CURLYTOPS SERIES," "BEDTIME
    STORIES," "UNCLE WIGGILY SERIES," ETC.

    _Illustrations by
    JULIA GREENE_

    NEW YORK
    CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY




1941

THE CURLYTOPS SERIES

By HOWARD R. GARIS

12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.

    _THE CURLYTOPS AT CHERRY FARM
        Or, Vacation Days in the Country_

    _THE CURLYTOPS ON STAR ISLAND
        Or, Camping Out With Grandpa_

    _THE CURLYTOPS SNOWED IN
        Or, Grand Fun With Skates and Sleds_

    _THE CURLYTOPS AT UNCLE FRANK'S RANCH
        Or, Little Folks on Ponyback_

CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY, New York




    COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY
    CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY


    THE CURLYTOPS SNOWED IN
    Printed in U. S. A.




CONTENTS


    CHAPTER                          PAGE

        I A LETTER FROM GRANDPA         1

       II A RUNAWAY SLED               14

      III NICKNACK ON THE ICE          25

       IV THE SNOW HOUSE               36

        V NICKNACK SEES HIMSELF        52

       VI THE SNOW MAN                 62

      VII A STRANGE BEDFELLOW          78

     VIII THE LAME BOY                 88

       IX THROUGH THE ICE              99

        X THANKSGIVING                114

       XI THE SNOW BUNGALOW           125

      XII TROUBLE IS LOST             143

     XIII NICKNACK HAS A RIDE         153

      XIV SNOWED IN                   167

       XV DRIVEN BACK                 177

      XVI DIGGING A TUNNEL            187

     XVII IN A BIG DRIFT              201

    XVIII NICKNACK IS GONE            209

      XIX WHAT NICKNACK BROUGHT       222

       XX IN THE BUNGALOW             234




THE CURLYTOPS SNOWED IN

CHAPTER I

A LETTER FROM GRANDPA


"Ted! Teddy! Look, it's snowing!"

"Oh, is it? Let me see, Mother!"

Theodore Martin, who was seldom called anything but Teddy or Ted,
hurried away from the side of his mother, who was straightening his tie
in readiness for school. He ran to the window through which his sister
Janet, or Jan as she liked to be called, was looking.

"Oh, it really is snowing!" cried Ted in delight. "Now we can have some
fun!"

"And look at the big flakes!" went on Jan. "They're just like feathers
sifting down. It'll be a great big snowstorm, and we can go
sleigh-riding."

"And skating, too!" added Ted, his nose pressed flat against the window
pane.

"You can't skate when there's snow on the pond," objected Jan. "Anyhow
it hasn't frozen ice yet. Has it, Mother?"

"No, I think it hasn't been quite cold enough for that," answered Mrs.
Martin.

"But it'll be a big snowstorm, won't it?" asked Jan. "There'll be a lot
of big drifts, and we can wear our rubber boots and make snowballs! Oh,
what fun, Ted!" and she danced up and down.

"And we can make a snow man, too," went on Teddy. "And a big snowball!"

"An' I frow snowballs at snow man!" exclaimed the voice of a smaller
boy, who was eating a rather late breakfast at the dining-room table.

"Oh, Trouble, we'll make you a little snow house!" cried Jan, as she ran
over to his high chair to give him a hug and a kiss. "We'll make you a
snow house and you can play in it."

"Maybe it'll fall down on him and we'll have to dig him out, like the
lollypop-man dug Nicknack, our goat, out of the sand hole when we were
camping with grandpa," added Ted with a laugh. "Say, but it's going to
be a big storm! Guess I'd better wear my rubber boots; hadn't I,
Mother?"

"I hardly think so, Teddy," said Mrs. Martin. "I don't believe the snow
will get very deep."

"Oh, Mother, won't it?" begged Jan, as if her mother could make it deep
or not, just as she liked.

"Why won't it be a big storm, Mother?" asked Teddy. "See what big flakes
are coming down," and he looked up at the sky, pressing his face hard
against the window. "Why won't it?"

"Because it seldom snows long when the flakes are so big. The big flakes
show that the weather is hardly cold enough to freeze the water from the
clouds, which would be rain only it is hardly warm enough for that. It
is just cold enough now to make a little snow, with very large flakes,
and I think it will soon turn to rain. So you had better wear your
rubbers to school and take an umbrella. And, Teddy, be sure to wait for
Janet on coming home. Remember you're a year older than she is, and