Six Little Bunkers at Grandma Bell's

at little fingers were not burned by pieces of punk or stray ends of fire-crackers, and b

dma Bell's until after the Fourth;" she said. "

it," sa

nd it very much, though he did shut his e

ll, though they didn't mind tossing torpedoes down on

she wished they hadn't had any; but Daddy Bunker promised to stay with the little folk all da

well. The first fire-cracker that was shot of

ith a jolly whistle. "It made o

eworks," said Daddy Bunker, for the town of Pineville was

ce cream and cake this aftern

"Norah is freezing the cream now

his hands. "Ice cream and cake. Is i

ll have to ask Nor

und to the kitchen door, looking in where the

" Norah answered with a laugh. "It's regular

g cake! Oh, what kind

riddle," sug

, let's go out to the barn and have some fun in the hay," for Mr. Bu

fun can we h

you'll see,"

ave a few for afternoon. And, making sure that the children did not have smoldering pieces of punk,

amp carried away in your old coat?" she asked he

my papers are gone for good. But I mustn't worry about them; nor must

said his wife. "I'll be glad to go. It

ildren could be heard

ls, and get caught in the ruins," said Mrs. Bunker with a laugh, as

"It's quiet now, so I'll lie down and have a nap, t

he hay, pretending an old wagon was a stage coach and that the Indians

was wondering whether he had better take in the eggs or let them stay to be h

-and-lightning cake," said Russ, w

id ice cream, too!" ad

," admitted Russ. "Come on!" and he

Mun Bun, whose short legs could not

ose kindly, and she turned back

if we don't run," said Mun, a

ill save some for us," said t

ed until Mun and Rose-the last to arrive-reached the place, before she dished out the cr

bein' in the army,"

have ice cream th

t at all the kind Norah can make.

e thunder-and-lightning

a Fourth of July," said Jerry with a laugh. "I hope it doesn'

ed Russ, who always liked to hear

soldiers were firing at the enemy, and the enemy was firing at us. And a shell came pretty close to where

hell didn't hit you

's good I wasn't biting the sandwich at the time, or I might have lost my head.

wo heaping plates, and, at the sight

Ah!

x "Ahs!" as you can imagine

-and-lightning c

"It's the first time I've made it in

u made it!" chuckled Jerry, wh

you!" she tol

r, it's so dark!" said Russ, b

the lightning

nd mix it up with white-cake dough, and then I put in some dough that I've colored pink

ed a white part, a dark brown part and a pink, jagged streak here and

ie, as he took a second slice to

e-cracker?" asked Vi, who always

drop it, darlin'," said Jerry with

y cake!" said Norah. "The idea of say

ake is so light, Norah, that I'll have to tie strings t

ghed Norah, but she seem

ght at the fireworks," remarked Ro

ad 'em in

up in one?" ask

id the for

y did, while the six little Bunkers sat about h

ere left to themselves. They were thinking about the fireworks they were to see in the evening, and talking about the fun they would have at Gr

in shoes that seemed about to drop off his feet. He h

, who saw the ragged man a

s the one daddy gave his coat to with the papers in. May