I will tell you about one funny thing that happened on the trip, and then I'll make the rest of the story about the things that took place on Uncle Fred's ranch, for there the children had many adventures.
"This is our last night of travel," said Mother Bunker to the children one evening, as the berths were being made up.
"Shall we be at Uncle Fred's ranch in the morning?" asked Russ, who, with Laddie, had been counting the hours when they might begin to lasso something.
"No, not exactly in the morning," said Uncle Fred himself. "But when you wake up, to-morrow morning, you can say: 'We'll be there to-night.' For by this time to-morrow night, if all goes well, we'll be at Three Star."
"Then can I see the ponies?" asked Violet.
"Yes, and have a ride on one if you want to," her uncle told her. "There are some very gentle ones that will just do for you children."
"That will be lovely!" exclaimed Rose. "I'll give my doll a ride, too."
They had taken with them their Japanese dolls, that had been found in such a funny way on the beach, as I told you in the book called "Six Little Bunkers at Cousin Tom's."
"The berths are ready, sir," said the colored porter to Daddy Bunker, and soon the children were undressed and put to sleep in the queer beds for the last time on this journey.