traveling slowly."

The Browns and Uncle Tad found the auto tour so pleasant that it was
decided to make the trip even longer than at first planned, which would
put off the time when they would reach Portland.

For two more days they traveled on, stopping each night near some
village or small city. Nothing happened except that once they nearly ran
into a hay wagon that did not get out of the way in time.

"But it wouldn't hurt any more to hit a hay wagon than it would be to
fall into a feather bed," said Bunny.

It was just about supper time. Bunny and Sue were playing out in front
of the automobile, while Mrs. Brown was getting supper. Sue suddenly
called:

"Oh, look at Dix! He's chasing a cat!"

Something big and gray flashed over the ground. Dix ran for it, and his
teeth seemed to close on one of the hind legs of the animal. Then the
gray animal ran up a tree, and Dix raced about at the foot, barking and
whining, while Splash left the place where he was rolling on the grass,
to come to see what the matter was.




CHAPTER XIV