up this way with an umbrella?"
"I guess they will," said Bunny.
The wind blew stronger. It was all Bunny could do to hold to the
umbrella now. The wind almost blew it from his hands. Even with Sue to
help him it was hard work.
"If you could only tie it fast," suggested Sue.
"Maybe I can," said Bunny. "Here's a rope."
The rope by which the boat had been tied to a tree on the island lay in
the bottom of the boat. The umbrella had a crooked handle, and the
tying of one end of the rope around this, helped Bunny to hold the queer
sail.
The boat now went on faster and faster.
"Why, there's our camp, away over there!" cried Sue, pointing. "Why
don't you sail to it, Bunny?"
Bunny looked. Indeed, the white tents of Camp Rest-a-While were on the
other side of the lake--far away. And the wind was blowing the boat
farther and farther off. Bunny and Sue could not get back to camp, for
now they had nothing with which to steer their boat. Of course, if the
wind had been blowing toward the tents, instead of away from it, they
could have gotten there without steering. But now they could not.
"Oh, dear!" cried Sue. "Where are we going, Bunny?"
"We are going to the woods, I guess," he said. They were sailing toward
the wooded shores of the lake, away on the other side from their camp,
and a long way down from the island where they had left Bunker Blue.
Harder blew the wind on the umbrella sail. Faster went the boat. Finally
it ran up on shore, right where the woods came down to the edge of the
lake.
Splash jumped out with a bark, and began stretching himself. He did not
like to stay too long in a boat. He wanted to run about on shore.
"Bunny, where are we?" asked Sue.
"I don't know," answered her brother. "But we are on land somewhere, I
guess. It's nice woods, anyhow."
The trees and bushes grew thick all about.
"Let's get out," Bunny went on. He shut down the umbrella sail, and took
off the rope. Then he tied the boat to a tree. He got out, and helped
Sue.
"Where's our camp?" the little girl wanted to know.
Bunny looked across the lake. He could not see the white tents. Neither
could Sue.
"Bunny--Bunny," said the little girl slowly. "I--I guess--we're losted
again."
"I--I guess so, too," agreed Bunny Brown.
CHAPTER XXIII
IN THE CAVE
Splash, the big, shaggy dog, ran up and down the shore of the lake,
poking his nose in among the bushes here and there, barking loudly all
the w
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