telling about the time spent on grandpa's
farm will remember the big automobile in which the Browns traveled to
the farm.

It had been a furniture moving van, and you know how big and strong they
are. Inside they are just like a big room in a house, only they move
about by a motor in the front, just as does a small automobile.

But this moving van was very different from the kind usually seen. The
inside had been made over into several rooms. There were little bunks,
or beds in which to sleep, a combined kitchen and dining room, and a
little sitting room where, in the evenings after the day's travel, the
children could sit and read, for the traveling automobile was lighted by
electric lights, from a storage battery carried in it.

On bright, sunshiny days the little table was moved out of the van to
the ground beside it and there the meals were served. Sometimes cooking
was done out-of-doors, also, on a gasolene stove. A tent was carried,
and if any company came they could sleep in that if there was not room
in the auto-van.

When the Browns wanted to travel through the rain they could do so
without getting wet, for there was a stout roof on the automobile.

Windows had been cut in the sides of the van so the children could sit
beside them in stormy weather and look out, just as if they were in a
railroad car. And in the big car was a place for some of the children's
toys.

There was room for plenty of food to be carried, and even a small
ice-box that could be filled with ice whenever they stopped in a city.

"Well," said Mr. Brown, after he had told Bunny, Sue and their mother
about his plan, "do you think you'll like it?"

"I'll just love it!" cried Sue.

"So will I," said Bunny. "Let's hug and kiss daddy and momsie!"

"No, I'll have to beg off!" cried Mr. Brown. "Just one kiss each, and
don't muss my hair for I've got to go to the police station to take
Fred's picture. I'm sure his father would feel bad about doing a thing
like that so I'll do it for him. I'll be back soon."

"And we'll talk about the trip while you're gone," said Mrs. Brown.

Bunny and Sue were in bed when their father returned. The next morning
their mother told them, after Mr. Brown had gone to work, that he had
asked the police to do all they could to find Fred Ward.

"And now we must get ready for our trip," went on Mrs. Brown. "I must
get both of you some new clothes, for you wore out many suits while we
were at Camp Rest-a-While