CHAPTER XXIV
MUN BUN IN TROUBLE
"Why does he do it, Daddy?" asked Vi.
"Why does he do what?" returned her father, who was too excited and anxious to wish to be bothered by Vi's questions.
"Mun Bun. Why does he?"
"Don't bother me now," said her father. "It is bad enough to have Mun Bun disappear in this mysterious way——"
"But why does he disappear—and everything?" Vi wanted to know. "He's the littlest of all of us Bunkers, but he makes the most trouble. Why does he?"
"I'm sure," said Mother Bunker, who had overheard Vi, "you may be right. But I can't answer your question and neither can daddy. Now, don't bother us, Vi. If you can't find your little brother, let us look for him."
The whole party at the Oxbow Bend was roused by this time, and men, women and children were looking for the little lost boy. Some of the cowboys who were working with the moving picture people scurried all around the neighborhood on pony back; but they could see nothing of Mun Bun.
Russ and Rose had searched everywhere they could think of. Mun Bun had not been in their care at the time he was lost, and for that fact Russ and Rose were very thankful. This only relieved them of personal responsibility, however; the older brother and sister were very much troubled about Mun Bun's absence.