So the Bunkers were put in their bunks, and soon they were all asleep. It was some time past midnight, as they learned later, when Mr. Bunker and Captain Ben heard a knock at the bungalow front door.
"Hello, who's there?" called the captain, turning on the electric light, for his bungalow was almost like a city home in some respects. "Who's there and what do you want?" asked the marine.
"Maybe it's tramps," said Laddie to Russ, with whom he was sleeping. The two boys had been awakened by the knock.
"Tramps wouldn't knock," Russ said. "Maybe it's a telegram, or maybe somebody is lost and wants to know the way."
Russ heard Captain Ben get up and go to the door.
"Who's there?" asked the marine again.
"Have you seen anything of a boy named Tad Munson?" was the question asked. "I heard he came on with you in an auto, and I'm looking for him. Have you seen Tad Munson?"
CHAPTER XVI
AN UNEXPECTED RIDE
Mother and Daddy Bunker, who with Laddie, Russ and Rose, had also been awakened by the knock on the bungalow door, heard Captain Ben quickly open the door when that question came.