Six Little Bunkers at Aunt Jo's

her, were taken to the railroad station in a big automobile. As the children looked back, wavin

, d

?" asked his fathe

ce lake with us," explained R

ed Rose. "Can we have a

lives in the city-in Boston, in the Back Bay section, and I ha

wadin'?" as

tle lake in some park near

ake a mud puddle?" asked Vi. "We could

he things you can do at home in Pineville," said Mrs. Bu

ve any fun?"

two weeks or more at her house, if she didn't know you children could have f

d the water, and, living so near Rainbow River as they did, they were us

oston, you are going to ride on one before you ge

ed Russ and R

ker. "We are going to Boston by boat, instead of by

king around in the woods through which they were rid

can! Yes, you can!"

Russ. "You can't sail

now. "I just thought of a riddle. This is it. What ki

Nobody could answer a riddl

a riddle! And I made it up all by myself

said Mrs. Bunker with a laugh

t the boat we're going to ride o

Bunker. "Go on, Laddie. What

water?" asked the little boy, his eyes

l us the answer,"

's the kind of a dish we have on the table, with gravy in it, fo

" said Mr. Bunker. "That

. "I almost got one. It's about what makes bread always fall wit

id Russ. "We want to hear about the boat we're

l," promised the

train to a station on the coast, they coul

ht though, just as we did in the

" ask

hat long to reach Bosto

he family went traveling. Rose had brought her doll to Grandma Bell's and something funny ha

my doll is asle

d covered her with a blanket. But when Rose went to look

gone!" cried Rose. "Som

id?" a

fallen to the floor of th

t here at all

Perhaps you left her at Gra

Don't you all 'member that I held her up and

"Rose surely had her doll when we started.

Daddy Bunker called to the

oing to do?" as

and see if Sue had not dropped out a

e for that? Won'

" said the driver. "I'll get ou

ose Sue, Ros

idn't mean to lose h

r other, the doll might be found, and her father and Mr. Mead, the

ne calling," s

on a bicycle. He had something in one hand, a

! I can see Sue!" cried Rose, clapp

s the child's doll,

id he get he

the road after she slipped out o

cle had caught up to the auto, w

" panted the bicycle boy. "I saw it fall, and I picked it

ker, taking the doll from the boy's hand.

d the boy. "The doll is all right. She had

obliged to you,"

urmured Rose. "I was 'frai

r trouble," said Mr. Bunker, g

to take it!" he

rd ride to bring the doll back to us, and you saved us a long walk

a little under his tan. "I'll get me a new knif

went past his house. He had called, but the machine made such a noise, and th

rom the road and hurr

again," said Rose, as she hugg

again, Rose and the children waving good-bye to the boy, who st

asked Vi. But that was one question too m

tation, without losing anything more, and they we

Lake Sagatook, but just as good tim

hat was to take them to Boston. The children were rath

eing two, one next to the other. "Now let me count noses, to make sure you're all here," she went on. "Russ, Rose, Lad

h the other little Bunkers. T