Six Little Bunkers at Cousin Tom's

and Mun Bun, well up on the beach, digging holes and making little piles of sand. B

sk questions, had left the place where they first had begun to "dig for gold," as they

nto the boat. Mother told me to stay and watch you, and

ared Laddie. "I've dug all over,

t," and Vi shoo

sailors. That's what Sammie Brown's father

ess Daddy or Cousin Tom is with you!" said Moth

when he was very bad, and this was not one of those times. So he

an't find any here," and he pointed to t

l into the water," said his mother. "Never get into the boat unle

id the two chil

"We will go farther down the shore and dig. And if we don't fin

sh twinkle, Mo

believe it do

l it a starfish?" the li

u see in our flag, has five points, they call the fish that name. It is shaped

ck the oyster sh

swer," said Mrs. Bunker with a laugh. "Run along and play in the sand with Rose. But d

" said Laddie, glad he had

p a riddle abou

o, if you

nd," went on the little chap.

ose. "Sand isn't a

n Laddie. "A boy run

't run," de

ard you say that some sand ran down into your shoe

ghed Mother Bunker. "Well

. They went to where Margy and Mun

d any gold?"

head until his hai

nny little white bugs

ugs, and they wiggled and wigg

me "sand hoppers," for the other children. They are a sort of shore shrimp, I think, a

r the sand hoppers that they forgot about digging for gold, and it was

come and see m

and Laddie, and the girls, R

Russ, "but I guess it will sail a little this

h, which looked like a sail. Followed by his smaller brothers and sisters Russ took his boat to a place i

call from

en! Come on in

o hungry!"

," agre

say anything, but they lo

Laddie, as he went along with Russ

Rose. "You've started it back

know. Why is s

s. It was easy to guess the riddle af

et, having heard Rose say that Laddie started his rid

I s'pose 'cause

wards?" the litt

w any," Rus

on their heads?" wen

so, anyhow, as they were now at Cousin Tom's bungalow, and from it

us Bunkers," said the children's moth

many more," said Cousin Tom's p

t will keep you busy buying

't do that," replied

sand, and then we can buy our ow

'll see that you get enoug

r a ride on the inlet in

after they had ridden about a bit. "It is getting lat

ardly able to keep their eyes open, though it was hardly dark ye

went, and soon the four sm

little while," said Mrs. Bunker. They were allow

oon rise, as though it came right from the ocean, Russ and Rose sat down on the beach. They were within call

a shell, and

looking for?

d her brother. "Sammie Brown said there was gold in sa

of places to-day, and so did Margy and

k for it," declared Russ. "Y

ed Rose. "I like t

he children began digging on the beach in the moonlight. They could look back and s

urf made a

ose, as she reached her arm down into the hole

ed Russ, listening to the boom and hiss of the waves as th

Have

hook h

got to go dee

and it became a little more "scary-

Russ! Time

ed. They were tired enou

he holes they had dug, and started up

e matter?"

randma gave me! It's gone! Oh, I