"Ah, this is from Grandma Bell! We must see what she has to say!"

Daddy Bunker opened the letter, which was written to him by his wife's
mother--the children's grandmother--and when he had read a few lines, he
exclaimed:

"Oh, ho! Here is news indeed! Good news!"

"Oh, what is it?" asked Russ. "Did grandma tell you in the letter that the
tramp lumberman left your papers at her house?"




CHAPTER IV

FOURTH OF JULY


Daddy Bunker looked at his little boy and girl. And, on their part, Russ
and Rose looked at daddy. They were thinking of two things--the letter
from Grandma Bell and Mr. Bunker's real estate papers that the tramp
lumberman had carried off in the old coat. Russ and Rose didn't know much
about real estate--except that it meant houses and barns and fields and
city lots. And they didn't know much about valuable real estate papers,
but they did know their father was worried about something, and this made
them feel sad.

"Has grandma got your papers?" asked Russ again.