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Title: Six Little Bunkers at Uncle Fred's
Author: Laura Lee Hope

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SIX LITTLE BUNKERS AT UNCLE FRED'S
by
LAURA LEE HOPE
Author of "Six Little Bunkers at Cousin Tom's," "Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford'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
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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
GROSSET & DUNLAP, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK
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Copyright, 1918, by Grosset & Dunlap

Six Little Bunkers at Uncle Fred's
[Illustration: "OH, HERE COME THE COWBOYS!"
Six Little Bunkers at Uncle Fred's. Frontispiece--(Page 64)]

CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. A STRANGE RESCUE 1 II. UNCLE FRED 14 III. A QUEER STORY 23 IV. UNCLE FRED'S TALE 33 V. PACKING UP 43 VI. OFF FOR THE WEST 53 VII. AT THREE STAR RANCH 61 VIII. RUSS MAKES A LASSO 73 IX. THE QUEER SPRING 84 X. SOME BAD NEWS 94 XI. VIOLET TAKES A WALK 104 XII. LADDIE CATCHES A RIDDLE 113 XIII. ON THE PONIES 125 XIV. MUN BUN'S PIE 133 XV. THE WIND WAGON 144 XVI. "CAPTAIN RUSS" 152 XVII. A CATTLE STAMPEDE 164 XVIII. AN INDIAN 175 XIX. WHAT ROSE FOUND 182 XX. LADDIE IS MISSING 194 XXI. RUSS DIGS A HOLE 203 XXII. AT THE BRIDGE 211 XXIII. THE BOYS' WELL 220 XXIV. MORE CATTLE GONE 229 XXV. THE SECRET OF THE SPRING 238

SIX LITTLE BUNKERS AT UNCLE FRED'S
CHAPTER I
A STRANGE RESCUE
"Can't I have a ride now, Russ? You said it would be my turn after Mun Bun."
"Yes, but, Margy, I haven't had enough ride yet!" declared Mun Bun.
"But when can I get in and have my ride?"
The three little children, two girls and a boy, stood in front of their older brother, Russ, watching him tying an old roller skate on the end of a board.
"Can't I have any more rides?" asked the smallest boy.
"In a minute, Mun Bun. As soon as I get this skate fastened on," answered Russ. "You rode so hard last time that you busted the scooter, and I've got to fix it. You broke the skate off!"
"I didn't mean to," and Mun Bun, who was called that because no one ever had the time to call him by his whole name, Munroe Ford Bunker--Mun Bun looked sorry for what had happened.
"I know you didn't," answered Russ.
"I didn't break anything, did I, Russ?" asked a little girl, with dark, curling hair and dark eyes, as she leaned over in front of her older brother, the better to see what he was doing. "I rided nice, didn't I, and I didn't break anything?"
"No, Margy, you didn't break anything," answered Russ. "And I'll give you a ride on the scooter pretty soon. Just wait