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Title: Six Little Bunkers at Cousin Tom's
Author: Laura Lee Hope

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SIX LITTLE BUNKERS AT COUSIN TOM'S
by
LAURA LEE HOPE
Author of "Six Little Bunkers at Grandma Bell's," "Six Little Bunkers at Aunt Jo's," "The Bobbsey Twins Series," "The Bunny Brown Series," Etc.
Illustrated

[Illustration: THEY STEAMED ON DOWN PAST THE STATUE OF LIBERTY. _Six Little Bunkers at Cousin Tom's._ _Frontispiece_--(Page 57)]

New York Grosset & Dunlap Publishers

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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
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
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
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
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Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, New York Copyright, 1918, by Grosset & Dunlap
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Six Little Bunkers at Cousin Tom's

CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. SAMMIE'S STORY 1
II. TREASURE HOPES 13
III. ON THE BOAT 23
IV. A MIX-UP 33
V. MARGY'S CRAWL 41
VI. AT COUSIN TOM'S 51
VII. DIGGING FOR GOLD 62
VIII. ROSE'S LOCKET 72
IX. THE SAND HOUSE 82
X. THE PIRATE BUNGALOW 93
XI. GOING CRABBING 101
XII. "THEY'RE LOOSE!" 111
XIII. IN THE BOAT 123
XIV. VIOLET'S DOLL 132
XV. THE BOX ON THE BEACH 143
XVI. CAUGHT BY THE TIDE 153
XVII. MAROONED 162
XVIII. THE MARSHMALLOW ROAST 170
XIX. THE SALLIE GROWLER 181
XX. THE WALKING FISH 191
XXI. THE QUEER BOX AGAIN 200
XXII. THE UPSET BOAT 208
XXIII. THE SAND FORT 218
XXIV. A MYSTERIOUS ENEMY 227
XXV. THE TREASURE 236

SIX LITTLE BUNKERS
AT COUSIN TOM'S
CHAPTER I
SAMMIE'S STORY
They were playing on the lawn of Aunt Jo's house--the little Bunkers, six of them. You could count them, if you wanted to, but it was rather hard work, as they ran about so--like chickens, Mrs. Bunker was wont to say--that it was hard to keep track of them. So you might take my word for it, now, that there were six of them, and count them afterward, if you care to.
"Come on!" cried the eldest Bunker--Russ, who was eight years old. "Come on, Rose, let's have some fun."
"What'll we do?" asked Rose, Russ' sister, who was about a year younger. "I'm not going to roll on the grass, 'cause I've got a clean dress on, and mother said I wasn't to spoil it."
"Pooh! Clean grass like Aunt Jo's won't spoil any dress," said Russ. "Anyhow, I'm not going to roll much more. Let's get the pipes and see who can blow the biggest soap bubbles."
"Oh, I want to do that!" cried Vi, or Violet, who was, you might say, the third little Bunker, being the third oldest, except Laddie, of course. "What makes so many colors come in soap bubbles when you blow them?" she asked.
"The soap," answered Russ, getting up after a roll on the grass, and brushing his clothes. "It's the soap that does it."
"But soap isn't that color when we wash ourselves with it," went on Vi. "And what makes bubbles burst when you blow 'em too big?"
"I don't know," answered Russ. Like many an