Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jacks

Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's, by Laura Lee Hope

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Title: Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's
Author: Laura Lee Hope
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Language: English
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SIX LITTLE BUNKERS AT COWBOY JACK'S
BY LAURA LEE HOPE
AUTHOR OF "SIX LITTLE BUNKERS AT GRANDMA BELL'S," "SIX LITTLE BUNKERS AT UNCLE FRED'S" "THE BOBBSEY TWINS SERIES," "THE BUNNY BROWN SERIES," "THE OUTDOOR GIRLS SERIES," ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS
Made in the United States of America

BOOKS
By LAURA LEE HOPE
12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.
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=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 SIX LITTLE BUNKERS AT CAPTAIN BEN'S SIX LITTLE BUNKERS AT COWBOY JACK'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 THE BOBBSEY TWINS IN WASHINGTON THE BOBBSEY TWINS IN THE GREAT WEST THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT CEDAR CAMP
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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 BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE GIVING A SHOW BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE AT CHRISTMAS TREE COVE BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE IN THE SUNNY SOUTH
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=THE OUTDOOR GIRLS SERIES=
(Eleven titles)
=GROSSET & DUNLAP, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK=
Copyright, 1921, by GROSSET & DUNLAP
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Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's
[Illustration: BLACK BEAR CAME TOWARD THE CHILDREN.
Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's. Frontispiece--(Page 160)]

CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. "A THUNDER STROKE" 1
II. VERY EXCITING NEWS 9
III. THE SILVER LINING 18
IV. WHAT WAS STUCK IN THE MUD? 31
V. GOOD-BYE TO GRAND VIEW 39
VI. THE COAL STRIKE 48
VII. THE SOUP JUGGLER 57
VIII. AN ALARM AND A HOLD-UP 68
IX. THE BIG ROCK THAT FELL DOWN 78
X. WHERE ARE THE TWINS? 87
XI. THE MAN WITH THE EARRINGS 97
XII. CAVALLO AT LAST 104
XIII. A SURPRISE COMING 114
XIV. AN INDIAN RAID 126
XV. A PROFOUND MYSTERY 138
XVI. MUN BUN TAKES A NAP 145
XVII. IN CHIEF BLACK BEAR'S WIGWAM 157
XVIII. THE NEW PONIES 167
XIX. RUSS BUNKER GUESSES RIGHT 177
XX. PINKY GOES HOME 185
XXI. THE LAME COYOTE 195
XXII. A PICNIC 207
XXIII. MOVING PICTURE MAGIC 215
XXIV. MUN BUN IN TROUBLE 226
XXV. SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT EXPECTED 235

SIX LITTLE BUNKERS AT COWBOY JACK'S
CHAPTER I
"A THUNDER STROKE"
"Whew!" said Russ Bunker, looking out into the driving rain.
"Whew!" repeated Rose, standing beside him.
"Whew!" said Vi, and "Whew!" echoed Laddie, while Margy added "Whew!"
"W'ew!" lisped Mun Bun last of all, standing on tiptoe to see over the high windowsill. Mun Bun could not quite say the letter "h"; that is why he said "W'ew!"
Such a September rain the six little Bunkers had never seen before, for the very good reason that they had never before been at the seashore during what Daddy Bunker and Captain Ben called "the September equinox."
"That is an awful funny word, anyway," Rose Bunker said.
"What's funny?" Violet asked.
"Can I make a riddle out of it?" added Laddie.
"It is a riddle," replied Rose, quite confidently. "For 'equinox' is just a rain and wind storm."
"That isn't a riddle," said Laddie promptly. "That's the answer to a riddle."
And perhaps it was, even if Rose had the equinox and the equinoctial storms a little mixed in her mind. At any rate, this was a most surprising storm to all the little Bunkers--the wind blew so hard, the rain came in such big gusts, flattening the white-capped waves which they could see, both from Captain Ben's bungalow and from this old house to which they had come to play. And now, as all six peered out of the attic window of the old house, there was an unexpected flash