ny and Sue. But in the morning a telegram,
sent by Mr. Black through Mr. Sweeney, was received, telling just where
the missing children were.
"They're found!" cried Daddy Brown, as he came upstairs to his wife's
room, waving the telegram over his head. "They're all right!"
And a little later he and his wife were on the first train going to the
village where Bunny and Sue had been so kindly cared for all night.
"Oh, Momsie!" cried Sue, as she rushed into the dear arms. "Oh, Momsie!"
"Well, Bunny boy, you had quite an adventure!" said his father, as he
clasped the little chap close to him.
CHAPTER XX
AT ORANGE BEACH
The happy reunion had taken place on the platform of the little railroad
station just outside the village where Mr. Black, the switchman, lived.
As soon as telegrams had been sent and received, Mr. Black took Bunny
and Sue to the station to wait for the arrival of the train carrying
their father and mother to them.
Coming in a passenger car, and not on a freight train in which the
children had ridden, Mr. and Mrs. Brown soon arrived at the place. And
then you can imagine how happy every one was.
"But whatever possessed you two children to climb into a freight car and
let yourselves be carried away?" asked Mrs. Brown, as she hugged Bunny,
while Mr. Brown took Sue in his arms.
"We wanted to get the kitten, Mother," Sue explained. "And he's at Mrs.
Black's now, and please can't we take him with us to Florida?"
"It's Nutty's cat," objected Bunny.
"But he ran away and left him," went on Sue. "Please, Mother, can't we
take Toddle with us?"
"Who is Nutty?" asked Mr. Brown.
Then, by turns, the children told the whole story, which included how
they had met the queer old tramp in the boxcar.
"And you ought to see Bruno do tricks!" cried Bunny, when it came his
turn to tell something.
"Who is Bruno, another tramp?" asked Mrs. Brown.
"He's a dog!" exclaimed Bunny. "And you ought to see him dance!"
"You children seem to have had a better time than your mother or I had,"
said Mr. Brown, after he had thanked the kind switchman for the care he
and his wife had given Bunny and Sue. "We were certainly worried about
you."
Mr. and Mrs. Brown paid a little visit to Mrs. Black to thank her, and
then it was time for the travelers to resume their journey to Orange
Beach, where they expected to spend some time with Mr. Halliday, with
whom Daddy Brown had business to talk over.
"Can
|