never mind. Perhaps it may be found."

"No, I am afraid it never will be," she went on. "You had better come
into the house now," she called to Bunny and Sue. "It is getting late,
and you'll have plenty to do to-morrow to get ready for the trip to
Christmas Tree Cove."

Bunny and Sue said good-night to their playmates, and were soon ready
for bed. Their father and mother sat up a little later. They were about
to retire when a noise on the stairs caused them to look out into the
hall.

There was Bunny, in his blue pajamas, coming down the stairs. His eyes
were wide open, but they had a funny look in them.

"I know where it is!" he said. "That dog has it on his tail."

"What?" asked Mr. Brown. "What do you mean, Bunny? What has the dog on
his tail?"

"Mother's diamond ring," was the answer. "I'm going to get it. The dog
is asleep on the shavings in the carpenter shop."

Bunny came down a few more stairs, and his mother, looking at him,
exclaimed:

"He's walking in his sleep!"

CHAPTER VIII

A COLLISION

Mr. Brown caught the little boy up in his arms. Somehow, Bunny seemed
much smaller in his pajamas.

"Wake up, Bunny! Wake up!" his father said, gently shaking him. "What's
the matter?"

"I've got to find it. I know where it is--on the end of the dog's tail.
And Sue----" Bunny stopped suddenly. A change came over his face, and a
different look flashed into his eyes.

"What--what's the matter? What am I down here for?" he asked
wonderingly. And then his parents knew he was fully awake.

"You have been walking in your sleep, dear," said his mother. "That's
something you haven't done for a long time. The day had too much
excitement in it for you. Are you all right now?" and she patted his
cheeks as he nestled in his father's arms.

"Oh, yes. I'm all right now," Bunny said. "I had a funny dream. I
thought the dog came to me and said the diamond ring was on the end of
his tail, and I was going to get one of Mr. Foswick's hammers and knock
it off. The dog was on a bed of shavings in the carpenter shop
and--and----"

"Yes, and then you got out of bed and walked in your sleep," finished
his father, with a laugh. "I must see if Sue is all right."

She was. In her little bed she was slumbering peacefully, and Bunny was
soon back with his head on the pillow.

"Poor little dears!" said their mother, as the lights were put out and
the house locked for the night. "They are thinking too hard about the
l