"Why do Indians wear feather dusters in their hair?" she asked.
"For the same reason that ladies wear feathers in their bonnets," declared Daddy Bunker seriously. "Because they think the feathers are ornamental."
"And why do they strap their babies to boards?" demanded Vi.
"Where did you see Indians?" asked Mother Bunker, guessing the source from which Violet's questions were springing.
"Oh!" cried Rose. "There were Indians—lots of them. We saw their parade go by—just like a Wild West Show parade."
Cowboy Jack began to laugh. And when he laughed his great body shook all over, and the chair in which he sat shook too.
"Are there Indians here, Mr. Scarbontiskil?" asked Mother Bunker.
"That's part of the surprise I told the children about," said Cowboy Jack, nodding to Mother Bunker, but smiling at the interested children. "Those Injuns are a part of it."
But he would not tell them any more—at least, not just then.
"It's a sort of a riddle," said Laddie eagerly, when they were all out of doors again. "I know it's a riddle. And we ought to find the answer."