"You didn't give me any _home_! You keep
dragging me all over the country with that merry-go-round! I haven't any
home except sleepin' in a truck."
"You were glad enough to come with me!" sneered Mr. Blipper.
"Anyway, I'm sick of it. That's why I ran away."
"Well, you're going to run back again!" said Mr. Blipper, grimly, as he
gave the boy a shake.
"Wait a minute," said Mr. Bobbsey. "Have you a legal right to this boy?"
"That's what I have. I expected some such question would be asked of me,
and I brought along my papers. There they are. You can look 'em over for
yourself."
He tossed a long envelope containing papers to Mr. Bobbsey, and the
latter looked at the documents.
"Don't let him take me back!" pleaded Bob Guess. "I don't like him!"
"I don't like you, when it comes to that!" sneered the angry man. "But
I'm going to have you back! I have a right to you, and you've got to
work for me."
"These papers seem to be all right," said Mr. Bobbsey, slowly. "He is
your legal guardian, Bob. You had better go with him, and do as he says.
But if he treats you cruelly let me know. I am going to the Bolton
County Fair, and when I get there I'll keep my eye on you."
"Say, who are you, anyhow?" sneered Mr. Blipper.
"My name is Bobbsey," answered the children's father. "I live in
Lakeport. I thought perhaps you might know my name."
"How should I know your name?"
"It was on some papers in my coat that disappeared from the Sunday
school picnic grounds the day you had trouble with your engine near the
grove.
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