Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Camp Rest-A-While

ed Bunny Brown, as, with Sue and Uncle Tad, he and his mothe

get there about n

le Tad. "I suppose you children

id Sue, "I wish I ha

!" put i

s. Brown said. "We did have an early bre

er as soon as we get to ca

ire. When I was a soldier, in the army, down South, we used to build ca

e good, Uncle

e had roast ears of corn, too. They

Bunny and Sue. In the basket were some cakes, sandwiches and a few of the jam and jelly tarts that Aunt Lu used to make. Only

ittle lunch, and enjoyed it very much. Uncle Tad took some too,

t like a tart," murmured Sue, after a bit,

I don't see how we can pass them any. There is too much in the auto, or I could hand

uld pass them a t

sked his

uto, and lower the lunch baske

g!" cried his mother. "The idea of climbing onto

ouldn't do that, for fear I'd be jiggled off. I meant to

we stop, then one of you can get down, and run u

ater, the autom

own to her husband, who was up on t

uch as horses do, or as you do, when you get warm. Of course the automobile does not exactly drink the water. But some

pring beside the road, Bunny and Sue got out and took their father and

te the good things Sue handed him. "I'm glad

from the spring. There was half a brown cocoanut shell for a di

s and tarts, they started off once more, rumbl

t there," said Sue. "I want

d there'll be work enough for all of us. We'll have

ime at the side of the car, sometimes behind it, and, once in a whil

mobile, and walked along so slowly, with

be tired! Let's give

. Call him

had pretended to divide him down the middle, so each one might have part of the

et that was to be spread over the board floor of the big tent, and went to sleep. But fir

ill now, and when it reached th

sked Mother Brown. "Does t

wered daddy. "Something

ing is broken!"

s an automobile just ahead of us that seems to be

what the matter was. I don't really believe Splash cared what had happened, but he al

and the children saw, just ahead, a small automobile, off to one side of the road. The wheels were away down in the s

own. There were two ladies out on the road

o pass a hay wagon, but I did not think the mud was so soft down here, or

le here. I'll go on ahead, keeping to the road, and I'll tie a rope to you

hankful to you

wo ladies, whose shoes were all muddy from having

he one stuck in the mud. Then when the big auto-moving van, in which the Browns were going t

me I get behind a hay wagon I'll wait until I have room to turn out, without getting into a mud hole. I

l car, when my auto is such a large one." Mr.

off with the two women, and, a little lat

sight of a big lake, which they could see th

is that?" ask

mp," said Mr. Brown. "We'll turn in toward it

ve dinner first!"

ry again?" as

make them hungry," said Uncle Tad. "Well,

ular giants!" laughed Mrs. Brown, "

at led to the lake. And when the children and Mrs. Brown had a good view of the l

e hills, and little mountains, with many trees on them

place," cried Mother

like it," sa

, too," ec

I," add

l be night almost before you know it here. You see the hills are so h

anything," said Mother Brown. "Jus

rying to think what to call it, but you've done it for me. Th

lking about?" asked M

of a good name for it. 'Rest-a-While,' will be the very thing. That's just what you said a moment ago you kn

That's what we'll call it then, though I didn't know I was naming a camp.

unny and Sue, cla

he camp

ne of the boxes, in which the bed clothes were packed, to ea

to put up the tents

re is a good place for our boat, when we get it. It is nice and dry here, and we can se

ouses were unrolled, and spread out on the ground. Then Daddy Brown, with Bunker Blue and Uncle Tad to help, put up the tent poles, and spread the

them all to sleep in, Bunny, Daddy Brown, Uncle Tad and Bunker Blue in one

ping, heard Splash give a sudden bark. Then the dog jumped into the lake, and the children, looking, saw a great commotion going on in

t our dog!" cried Sue, and, dropping the tent rope, of