"Pirate gold is always heavy, I guess," said Bunny.
"Oh, it couldn't be gold!" declared Bunker Blue. "If it was gold in the box I never could have lifted it."
"Let's open it!" suggested Sue.
"No, we must not do that," said Mrs. Brown. "When your father comes home to-night I'll have him write to this Mr. Frank Ravenwood of Sea Gate. In the letter daddy can explain how the box was found, and Mr. Ravenwood can come here and get it if he wishes to. Until then, Bunker, you had better take it up to the woodshed, where it will be safe from harm."
Uncle Tad and Bunker put the box on a wheelbarrow, and it was soon stored in the woodshed back of the bungalow. For some time Bunny, Sue and Harry wondered what could be in it, but, after a while, the children ran off to play in the sand, and to wade and paddle in the water.
"Let's build a big sand fort," suggested Bunny.
"Oh, no, make it a doll house," cried Sue.
"All right, a doll house," said Harry, who was beginning to like Sue as much as he did Bunny.
So they built a wonderful doll house of sand, with four rooms and an elegant driveway. But just as it was completed the whole thing caved in.
"My! ain't I glad none of my dolls were in that," declared Sue.