"No, not a bit. I'm glad to have you."
"And will you ride us home?" asked Sue.
"Sure, yes, of course I will. But I've got to deliver the rest of my groceries first. And that makes me think—I've lost a big basket full that ought to go to Mr. Jones. I'm sure I put 'em in the wagon, but they're not here. You didn't see a big basket of groceries—butter, bread, tea, coffee and sugar—fall out, while you were riding in there, did you?"
Bunny and Sue looked at one another. They were both thinking of the same thing.
"That must have been the basket," said Bunny slowly.
"Yes," agreed Sue.
"What basket?" asked Tommie.
"We—we gave a basket of groceries to old Miss Hollyhock," said Bunny slowly. "It was while you were in Mr. Thompson's house. You know old Miss Hollyhock is awful poor, and we gave her the things to eat. We left 'em on her doorstep."
"For a Hallowe'en surprise," added Sue, "or a Valentine, though it isn't Valentine's Day yet, either."
"So that's what happened; eh?" cried the grocery boy. "Old Miss Hollyhock has the things I ought to leave for Mrs. Jones! Well, well!"