"Oh, something's the matter with them!" cried Bunny Brown, and in a few
minutes he had opened the window back of the seat and let the frantic
dogs leap into the auto. They barked joyfully now, and frisked about
Bunny and Sue.
With the opening of the window, however, came in a gust of wind and rain
that made Mrs. Brown call:
"Children you'll catch dreadful colds! Get right to bed this instant."
"Oh, Mother, we want to stay up and see what's going to happen," said
Bunny. "Maybe the automobile might tip over."
"And if we were in bed we'd be all upside down and tangled in the
clothes," added Sue. "Please let us stay up! We'll wrap in blankets like
Indians."
"Better let them get dressed," said Mr. Brown in a low voice to his
wife. "There's no telling what has happened."
"What do you think?" and her voice was anxious.
"Well, it feels as if we were in a stream of some sort, partly afloat.
Let the children get dressed," answered her husband.
Bunny Brown and his sister heard and hastened to their curtained-off
bunks. Meanwhile Uncle Tad had closed the window near the front seat and
that kept out the wind and rain. And it was raining and blowing hard.
Those in the cosy car could hear the drops dash against the panes, while
the wind howled around the corners of the machine.
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