“Hope you have a good time down there,” called some of Mr. Brown’s friends to him.
“We’ll try,” he replied.
The engineer blew his whistle again and the train began to pull slowly out of the station. Mrs. Brown drew her head in from the window and looked at the seat in front of her where she had put her little girl and boy. Sue was there, but Bunny was not!
“Where is Bunny?” asked his mother as the train began to move faster and faster. “Was he left behind?”
CHAPTER VII
ABOARD THE “BEACON”
Mr. Brown, who had been waving farewell to some of his friends on the station platform, turned toward his wife as he heard her voice and asked:
“What’s the matter?”
“Bunny is gone!”
“Gone?”
“Yes! He was in his seat with Sue a moment ago. He must have got off the train to see some of his boy friends. Quick, Walter, go and get him!”