CHAPTER XX
AT ORANGE BEACH
The happy reunion had taken place on the platform of the little railroad station just outside the village where Mr. Black, the switchman, lived. As soon as telegrams had been sent and received, Mr. Black took Bunny and Sue to the station to wait for the arrival of the train carrying their father and mother to them.
Coming in a passenger car, and not on a freight train in which the children had ridden, Mr. and Mrs. Brown soon arrived at the place. And then you can imagine how happy every one was.
"But whatever possessed you two children to climb into a freight car and let yourselves be carried away?" asked Mrs. Brown, as she hugged Bunny, while Mr. Brown took Sue in his arms.
"We wanted to get the kitten, Mother," Sue explained. "And he's at Mrs. Black's now, and please can't we take him with us to Florida?"
"It's Nutty's cat," objected Bunny.
"But he ran away and left him," went on Sue. "Please, Mother, can't we take Toddle with us?"
"Who is Nutty?" asked Mr. Brown.
Then, by turns, the children told the whole story, which included how they had met the queer old tramp in the boxcar.