It would be too
dreadful, Russ. I am so glad you invented this idea of putting up signs
for him."
In fact, Russ was quite proud of his original thought himself. He was
naturally of an inventive turn of mind and this was not the first novel
thought he had expressed. He and Rose stuck up the cards on poles that
they found near by, and they had so many of them that they quite
surrounded the ashes of the old hut.
"He can't help seeing them if he comes here," said Rose, as they
departed from the spot. "But do you s'pose he'll ever want to come back
to the place where everybody called him 'Sneezer'?"
"He ought to want to come back to see Mammy June," declared Russ warmly.
"I think she is just fine."
"So do I," admitted Rose reflectively. "But I wouldn't want to be called
by such a name as Sneezer."
It was when they got back to the big house and around to its front that
the two oldest little Bunkers became aware that something was happening
down by the road. They saw Vi hopping up and down in a funny fashion,
and she was screaming.
"Now, what do you suppose is the matter with her?" demanded Rose.
"Don't know. But it's something, sure enough!" rejoined Russ, and he
started on a run for the spot where Violet was jumping up and down and
screaming.
As Russ and Rose started down the hill the three Armatage children came
out of the front door of the big house and ran after them, screaming as
well.
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