"Yes, that would be a good plan," said Mr. Brown. "Suppose we go together, Uncle Tad."
So, after breakfast, when another search had been made about the camp to make sure the train was not hidden behind something, the two men started off. Bunny kept on searching about the tents for his missing toy, and Sue played with her Teddy Bear, tying her on the back of Splash, the dog, to make believe Sallie Malinda was having a pony ride.
When Father Brown and Uncle Tad came back the children ran eagerly to them. Mr. Brown shook his head.
"No," he said, slowly, "there is no trace of the toy train in the Indians' village, and Eagle Feather and his men say they know nothing about it. They say they were not away from their camp all night. They even let us search their tents and cabins, and were very good-natured about it."
"That doesn't prove anything," said Uncle Tad. "If they had hidden the toy train it would be in a place where we could never find it. I guess we'll have to let it go."
"Could any one else have taken it?" asked Mrs. Brown.
"Yes, of course. But one of the Indians seems most likely. They probably heard what Eagle Feather told about how the train ran and one of their men crawled up in the night and took it from the tent while we were all asleep."
"Well, maybe so, but I don't believe Eagle Feather did any such thing as that," said Mother Brown.
"Nor I," said Bunny, and Sue nodded her head. "It was a tramp."
Mr. Brown promised Bunny a new train as soon as he should go back to the city, but that would not be for a few days.