Six Little Bunkers at Aunt Jos

Little Bunkers at Aunt Jo's, by
Laura Lee Hope

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Title: Six Little Bunkers at Aunt Jo's
Author: Laura Lee Hope
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SIX LITTLE BUNKERS AT AUNT JO'S
BY LAURA LEE HOPE

AUTHOR OF "THE BOBBSEY TWINS SERIES," "THE BUNNY
BROWN SERIES," "THE OUTDOOR GIRLS SERIES," ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS

BOOKS
By LAURA LEE HOPE
* * * * *
12mo. Cloth. Illustrated. 50 cents per volume.
* * * * *
=THE SIX LITTLE BUNKERS SERIES=
SIX LITTLE BUNKERS AT GRANDMA BELL'S SIX LITTLE
BUNKERS AT AUNT JO'S SIX LITTLE BUNKERS AT COUSIN
TOM'S SIX LITTLE BUNKERS AT GRANDPA FORD'S SIX
LITTLE BUNKERS AT UNCLE FRED'S
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=THE BOBBSEY TWINS SERIES=
THE BOBBSEY TWINS THE BOBBSEY TWINS IN THE
COUNTRY THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT THE SEASHORE THE
BOBBSEY TWINS AT SCHOOL THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT
SNOW LODGE THE BOBBSEY TWINS ON A HOUSEBOAT THE
BOBBSEY TWINS AT MEADOW BROOK THE BOBBSEY TWINS
AT HOME THE BOBBSEY TWINS IN A GREAT CITY THE
BOBBSEY TWINS ON BLUEBERRY ISLAND THE BOBBSEY
TWINS ON THE DEEP BLUE SEA

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=THE BUNNY BROWN SERIES=
BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE BUNNY BROWN AND
HIS SISTER SUE ON GRANDPA'S FARM BUNNY BROWN AND
HIS SISTER SUE PLAYING CIRCUS BUNNY BROWN AND HIS
SISTER SUE AT AUNT LU'S CITY HOME BUNNY BROWN AND
HIS SISTER SUE AT CAMP REST-A-WHILE BUNNY BROWN
AND HIS SISTER SUE IN THE BIG WOODS BUNNY BROWN
AND HIS SISTER SUE ON AN AUTO TOUR BUNNY BROWN
AND HIS SISTER SUE AND THEIR SHETLAND PONY
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=THE OUTDOOR GIRL SERIES=
THE OUTDOOR GIRLS OF DEEPDALE THE OUTDOOR GIRLS
AT RAINBOW LAKE THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN A MOTOR CAR
THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN A WINTER CAMP THE OUTDOOR
GIRLS IN FLORIDA THE OUTDOOR GIRLS AT OCEAN VIEW
THE OUTDOOR GIRLS ON PINE ISLAND THE OUTDOOR GIRLS
IN ARMY SERVICE
=GROSSET & DUNLAP,= PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK
Copyright, 1918, by GROSSET & DUNLAP
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Six Little Bunkers at Aunt Jo's
[Illustration: THE CHILDREN WERE HAVING LOTS OF FUN
WITH THEIR FUNNY LITTLE PET.
Six Little Bunkers at Aunt Jo's. Frontispiece--(Page 158)]

CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. A QUEER HUNT 1
II. GOOD-BYE TO GRANDMA 11
III. ON THE BOAT 22
IV. IN BOSTON 32
V. ALEXIS IS SPLASHED 42
VI. THE POCKETBOOK 52
VII. A SAD LETTER 62
VIII. RUSS MAKES A FOUNTAIN 72
IX. WHAT HAPPENED TO WILLIAM 83
X. ROSE MAKES AN AIRSHIP 92
XI. VI IS LOST 103
XII. MARGY TAKES A RIDE 112
XIII. MUN BUN DRIVES AWAY 122
XIV. THE WHISTLING WAGON 133
XV. LADDIE'S FUNNY "RIDDLE" 144
XVI. ROSE BREAKS HER SKATE 151
XVII. THE SKATE WAGON 163
XVIII. THE SPINNING TOPS 171

XIX. FLYING A KITE 181
XX. THE JUMPING-ROPE 191
XXI. MUN BUN IN A HOLE 202
XXII. OUT TO NANTASKET BEACH 210
XXIII. THE MERRY-GO-ROUND 219
XXIV. ROSE FINDS HER DOLL 228
XXV. THE POCKETBOOK OWNER 238

SIX LITTLE BUNKERS AT AUNT JO'S
CHAPTER I
A QUEER HUNT
"Let me count noses now, to see if you're all here," said Mother Bunker
with a laugh, as her flock of children gathered around her.
"Don't you want some help?" asked Grandma Bell. "Can you count so
many boys and girls all alone, Amy?"
"Oh, I think so," answered Mother Bunker. "You see I am used to it. I
count them every time we come to the woods, and each time I start for
home, to be sure none has been left behind. Now then, children!
Attention! as the soldier captain says."
Six little Bunkers, who were getting ready to run off into the woods to
frolic and have a good time at a good-bye picnic, laughed and shouted
and finally stood still long enough for their mother to "count noses," as
she called it.
"And I'll help," said Grandma Bell, at whose country home in Maine,

near Lake Sagatook, the six little Bunkers were spending part of their
summer vacation.
"Russ and Rose!" called Mother Bunker.
"Here we are!" answered Russ, and he pointed to his sister.
"Vi and Laddie!" went on Mrs. Bunker.
"We're here, but we're going to run