Brown with a smile. "But it certainly is strange that Dix and the Teddy
bear should go away together."




CHAPTER X

DIX COMES BACK


For a moment Sue stood looking at her mother, seeming to be thinking
very hard about something. Then she asked:

"Momsie, do you think Dix took Sallie Malinda away?"

"Well, it seems so," said Mrs. Brown. "That is, if Dix has really gone
away. We had better make sure of that, first. There is no question about
your Teddy bear's being gone, for I saw her in the rag bed by the back
door of the auto not half an hour ago."

"Well, I suppose she either fell out, or Dix, thinking to have a game of
tag with her, took her out, though the Teddy bear, with the batteries
inside to make her eyes light up, isn't easy for even Dix to carry very
far," said Mr. Brown.

"But how are we going to get my darling Sallie Malinda back?" asked Sue,
and there were tears in her eyes.

"Daddy will find some way. Won't you, Daddy?" asked Bunny, for he did