like a little house. They had their supper inside, sat reading or
playing games by the electric light, and listened to the rain on the
roof, for it came down more and more heavily.

"Isn't it a nice place?" said Bunny to Sue, as they went to bed.

"The bestest ever!" she cried.

It was about the middle of the night that Bunny was awakened by feeling
a queer bumping, sliding motion.

"Why," he cried, sitting up in his bunk, "we must be traveling on in the
dark! Daddy! Momsie!" he cried. "What are we moving for, when it's
dark?"

"What's that?" cried Mr. Brown suddenly awakening.

"The automobile is running away!" cried Bunny, and outside they could
hear a strange roaring sound amid the patter of the rain.




CHAPTER XI

IN THE FLOOD


For a moment all was confusion inside the big automobile. Mr. and Mrs.
Brown got up and dressed hastily. Bunny and Sue thought little of doing