"Don't be skeered! It won't hurt you!" laughed Bob.
"Isn't it hot?"
"Not after it comes from the boiler. Look, I can hold my hand right in
it," which Bob Guess did, letting a cloud of steam envelop both his
rather dirty hands.
"Whew!" whistled Dannie, in amazement.
"I'm going to try it!" said Bert, rightly guessing that at a short
distance from the faucet the steam cooled off; which was true, as you
know if you have ever "felt" of the steam coming from a house radiator
on a cold day.
But as Bert stretched out his hand to test the steam as Bob had done,
Mr. Blipper called from where he stood talking to the driver of the last
truck.
"Stop monkeying with that engine, Bob!" yelled the red-faced man. "You
want to get it all out of kilter again!"
"I was only testin' the steam gauge," the boy answered.
"Well, you let it alone, do you hear, and water the horses."
"I have watered 'em!"
"Well, water 'em some more! I'm not going to stop again till I get to
the Bolton County Fair if I can help it."
"He's sort of cross, isn't he?" asked Charlie, as Bob moved off.
"More than that--he's mean!" declared the ragged lad.
Bert and his chums stood looking at the steam engine and listening to
the organ, while Nan and the smaller children danced. Then up came Mr.
Blipper.
"I guess this is a dollar's worth of music," he announced.
"I believe so," agreed Mr. Bobbsey, with a smile. "The children have
enjoyed it.
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