"I'll just love it!" cried Sue.

"So will I," said Bunny. "Let's hug and kiss daddy and momsie!"

"No, I'll have to beg off!" cried Mr. Brown. "Just one kiss each, and
don't muss my hair for I've got to go to the police station to take
Fred's picture. I'm sure his father would feel bad about doing a thing
like that so I'll do it for him. I'll be back soon."

"And we'll talk about the trip while you're gone," said Mrs. Brown.

Bunny and Sue were in bed when their father returned. The next morning
their mother told them, after Mr. Brown had gone to work, that he had
asked the police to do all they could to find Fred Ward.

"And now we must get ready for our trip," went on Mrs. Brown. "I must
get both of you some new clothes, for you wore out many suits while we
were at Camp Rest-a-While and in the Big Woods."

"But don't get too many. It will take too long to get 'em," remarked
Bunny. "We want to get started on our auto tour."

Not long after this Mrs. Brown announced that she was ready for the
trip--that she had bought the new clothes, and had arranged for the food
they were to take with them.

"Then I'll bring the big auto around here to the house to-morrow morning
and let you look at it," said Mr. Brown. "I have made a few changes in
it. I hope you will like it."