Six Little Bunkers at Uncle Fred's

r, who had been looking at the mysterious spring and ha

le Fred started for the corral where the little calves were k

father. "Well, that boy is always making so

Mr. Bunker had caught up Laddie, and they had no

laugh. "Any boy wants to lasso something when he makes a l

le Fred, "that Russ lassoed a calf, and

said Mr. Bunker. "We'll

corral. The five little Bunkers stayed behind at the spring for M

em to get into trouble,"

at one at a time is en

ral they heard the voice of Russ

top, bossy cow! Le

will hook him!"

ves don't have horns. Russ will be all

to lasso calves after

rs. Bunker. "It is more apt to make t

d came in sight of the corral. In one end they could see some frightened calv

ss and the calf,

ore they could reach it, they saw a man run out from one of the buildings, jump over the fen

leg there dangled a piece of clothesline. Then, also out of the dust cloud, came

t?" gasped Mrs. Bunk

tty dusty, and scratched up a bit, and his clothes are mussed, and he's frightened

Russ answered, a bit slow

did!" exclaimed his fa

the Wild West and I lassoed a buffalo.

re a football, by the way it pulled you about

guess so,"

aid Mrs. Bunker to the strang

he corral with the piece of clothesline. I guessed what had happened, and I jumped in. I found the calf pulling

youngster. Here he is, not much worse for

guess I will,

troducing them. "This is Captain Robert Roy, my ranch partner about whom I spoke to you,"

of the trouble he got himself into," said Mr. B

I like children, and I don't want to see t

id Mrs. Bunker. "We can't thank you en

fence post, Mot

omething that isn't ali

ght," s

a little while with Mr. and Mrs. Bunker, and th

o back to the spring. I presume the other c

here Laddie, Rose and

asked Laddie eagerl

Wild West any more. We'll be Indians and not cowboys. In

ir reservation," said Mr. Bell with a laugh. "I g

fun too,"

me feathers for our

in the chicken ya

iolet, and she looked at Russ as

have seen me flying around the field on the end of the rope. I

f it, and promised never

oing to," said Laddie. "Anyhow it's hard to guess

s telling you about. You all see what a nice lot of water there is here. Somet

the water go?" a

to sink down into the ground, as if the bottom had dropped out and let

er," said

d, "that I may lose most of what I put i

sked Dad

sell the ranch again, and people heard that the spring went dry every now and then, they wouldn't pay me as much as I paid. So I would lose. T

regular spring,"

. "It's all right now, but an hour lat

a camera with him, "and then maybe we can dig up the

w," said Uncle Fred. "Now I wa

other the different buildings, telling them how he raised his cattle and se

le. If one thing doesn't happen another will. What with the mysterious spring, the bad men taking my c

onies?" asked Rose. "I'd l

d Russ. "I'd like a po

way of the spring. I have some Shetland ponies," he went on to Daddy Bunker. "I raised a

Mrs. Bunker. "Oh, I'm sure th

ard the spring to go

hey reached the water hole. "I'm go

im stop suddenly when he reache

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