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A barrel of apples was strapped to each side of the bus where baggage was often placed. The big, rough farm wagon, which had been converted into a sleigh, with straw deep on the bottom of it, was filled with the primary pupils. Betsy had so arranged things that she and her particular friends were the last to enter the bus and so they were nearest the door. Too, she had asked Micky to drive very slowly when he reached the woods on the County Farm road.

Luckily Mr. O’Brien was in the lead with his load and so he did not notice when Betsy and Babs slipped out at the edge of the woods.

“I don’t in the least approve of their going,” Virginia said to her companion, “but I think we should accompany them. I’d be terribly worried if they went alone.”

Micky, who knew that Betsy wished to remain there until the sleigh returned, had brought his team to a very slow walk, and so Virginia, Megsy and Sally had no trouble whatever in stepping from the low step to the road. If the other girls were curious, they had no time to make inquiries for the young driver at once whipped up his horses and was soon close behind his father’s sleigh.