Six Little Bunkers at Cousin Tom's

Rose, as she hurried after her brother,

answered. "But some

e. "Oh, wouldn't that be great? Then we wouldn't h

f Aunt Jo's house," exclaimed Violet, not being qui

ould not see Sammie, because between the yard and the street

e matter?"

ed?" Russ wa

e bear, an' there's a man with gold rings in his ears, and he's got a red handkerchief on his

Sammie. He ha

ear!" gas

of a long cord which was fastened about the neck of a bear. And there was an excited man with a red handkerchief tied about his throat, and he had gold rings in his ears. H

boy whom he knew, and who lived

guess the bear bit somebody thoug

e into a bake shop and ate a lot of pies. That's why t

, and up the street dashed the automobile from the

o the man with the red handkerchief around his neck. "Get

bit the policeman,"

use. "Nothing much at all happened, my dears," said Aunt Jo. "But in this part of Boston, at least, they don't allow performing bears in the streets. That is why the policeman i

e bear?" asked Mu

o bring him here. They will just make them go to another part of the city, where, perhaps, performing bears are not

oliceman, rumbled away. The crowd waited a little while, and th

said Russ, as he tur

s much fun as digging for gold. Say,

usin Tom's right now. I want to

nker, who heard what her two little boys were sayi

d if you read this book through you wil

king about the bear that had been arrested, Laddie an

washed and dressed, and digging will get y

art to pack to-morrow to go to

gold," returned Mother Bunker with a laugh. "Though that do

dig in a place where Aunt Jo said it w

re in my yard I never knew it," she

riddle," said Laddie, a

it," sugges

ng?" he asked. "That's the riddle. What is it that's

ered Rose, who ca

Laddie sho

is terrible big

ddie. "But that isn't t

sky?" asked Russ.

ss it. It's a hole that you dig. You can dig one so big that you couldn't put it

y tune. "But you could fill a small box with some dirt, and dig a little

ddle is a big hole," said Lad

you going to dig?"

her brother. "We'll just dig a little o

ot find any. Treasure doesn't usually grow in Boston back

nd none of the Bunkers had ever been there. For Cousin Tom had been only recently married to a very pretty girl, named Ruth Robinson. Cousin Tom and his bride had stopped to pay a visit to Daddy and M

, and the family of travelers was soon to take the train from Boston to Fall River. There they would get on a boat that would take them to New Y

kissed the big and little Bunkers good-bye. "And I hope

id you hear my riddle, Aunt Jo, about wh

ar, I he

" went on Laddie, lest his

" she said w

Bunkers, who looked out of the windows at the sights they saw, hard

r by carrying a package in one hand and holding to Margy

children to be very careful. We are going to ride on the b

p on the boat?

little beds to sleep i

New York and the Massachusetts city. The Bunkers were shown to their state-rooms. They had thre

any sights new and strange to the children, and they looked eagerly at each one. Then it grew

gether, was looking from the window of the stateroom,

big thunder storm! I just s

?" asked Mr. Bunker with a smi

his time a ray of bright, white light sh