Mr. White would not accept any money for having taken care of the travelers over night, and after thanking him and saying good-bye to the little "brooks," promising to come and visit them some time, the Bunkers started off once more.
"We'll have lots to tell mother when we see her," said Rose as she settled herself in the rear seat of the car.
"I should say so!" exclaimed Russ. "It surely was funny to wake up and hear Laddie yelling, and then to hear him fall out of bed!"
"And I didn't know what to think when I felt Bess touch me," remarked Rose. "At first I thought it was Margy."
"I guess Margy and Mun Bun are playing near the ocean now," said Vi. "I wish we were."
"You'll soon be with them," promised Captain Ben.
"And I'm going to try to think up a riddle about falling out of bed," said Laddie.
Though the sun shone and the weather was fine now, there were traces of the night's storm on every side. In some places there were brooks still running high with water, and in one or two sections the road bed had been washed away, so that Captain Ben had to drive slowly and carefully.
They had just left a small village, after a stop to get something to eat and to let the children have soda water, when they passed a man driving an empty farm wagon.
"You folks want to watch out just the other side of the white bridge," this man called to Captain Ben.