"Who—who are you?" asked Bunny again.
Instead of answering the big boy laughed. Then he asked:
"Are you Bunny Brown and his sister Sue?"
"Ye—yes—yes, we are," Bunny said. "But how did you know?"
"Oh, I can tell, all right."
Splash seemed very glad to meet the strange boy. There was still light enough coming down the chimney hole for Bunny to see the dog's wagging tail. And Splash did not wag his tail for persons he did not like. This must be a friend.
"Is—is you a robber?" asked Sue. She had hidden her face in the pile of bags, and was holding closely to her doll.
"No, I'm not a robber," he said, "though I did take a piece of your mother's bacon. But I'll pay her back for it. How in the world did you find my cave, and where is your father, or Bunker Blue? And what are you doing out alone in this storm? Are you——"
But Bunny Brown broke in on the questions.