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hardly any damage was done to the passenger train, except that the passengers were awakened by being jolted. That is, all but Bunny and Sue. They slept through it. "Is any one hurt?" asked Mr. Brown, as soon as quiet was restored and it was found that the express train could go on. "A couple of tramps who were sleeping in the empty freight car were hurt," the conductor said. "We've sent them to the hospital." "Oh! Tramps!" exclaimed Mrs. Brown, who heard the talk. "I hope one of them wasn't Nutty, who was so kind to the children, even though he did jump off and leave them alone. I hope Nutty wasn't hurt!" "Nutty could hardly have got so far south as this since he left the children," Mr. Brown said. "I don't believe he was one of the tramps hurt in this collision." Next morning, when Bunny and Sue awakened, they were told of the collision in the night, but nothing was said to them of the two tramps who were hurt for fear they might think one was Nutty. But neither was. There was enough else to take the attention of the little boy and girl, for they were now in the real South, and they began to notice palm trees for the first time. "They look just like pictures of cocoanut trees!" exclaimed Bunny, gazing from the car window. "Wouldn't Nutty be glad if he was here and could gather cocoanuts!" cried Sue. "Can we pick cocoanuts, Daddy?" "I hardly think so, where we are going," Mr. Brown answered. "I think oranges will be enough for you to pick for a while." "That and catching alligators," added Bunny, who never seemed to stop thinking of these scaly creatures, which Sue did not like at all. On and on went the train, and the children were just about getting tired of so much travel when they saw their father and mother beginning to gather up the hand baggage. "Are we there?" asked Bunny excitedly. "Almost," his father answered. A little later a trainman called: "Orange Beach! Orange Beach!" "Hurray! We're here!" cried Bunny. "And I'm going to pick orange blossoms!" echoed Sue. CHAPTER XXI GOLDEN APPLES Orange Beach, where Mr. Halliday owned many fruit groves, was the name of a small village. It was almost as small a town as the one in which Mr. Black, the switchman, lived. But Bunny and Sue liked small places. They had seen enough of cities, having passed through many on their railroad journey. Alighting from the train, the Brown family found Mr. Halliday waiting for the
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