"I guess it is a diamond necklace," declared Rose earnestly.
"Oh, maybe it is a pretty pearl brooch," said Russ.
"What do you suppose it is, Daddy?" asked Mother Bunker, busy with the string and seals and smiling at Mr. Bunker knowingly.
"It isn't a white elephant, I am sure," chuckled Daddy Bunker.
"Oh! Now he is making fun," cried Rose. "It is something pretty, of course, for mother."
"I know! I know!" cried Laddie suddenly. "I know what it is."
"If you know so much," returned his twin "tell us."
"It's a riddle," declared Laddie.
"I guess it must be," laughed his mother. "'Riddle-me-ree! What do I see?'" and she opened the outside wrapper and displayed a little box with a letter wrapped about it.
"From Captain Ben to be sure," she said, unfolding the letter and beginning to read it.