all, were so busy packing up to go away.

At last, after some weeks, the day came. The trunks and valises had been
packed, the house in Pineville had been shut for the winter, the water
being turned off so it would not freeze, and everything was all ready
for the winter visit to Grandpa Ford at Great Hedge.

"Good-bye, Norah! Good-bye, Jerry Simms!" called the six little Bunkers,
waving their hands to the cook and man. "Good-bye!"

"Good-bye!" answered Jerry and Norah. "Come back as soon as you can!"

And so they started for Grandpa Ford's. And not even Russ and Rose, who
guessed a little of the "secret," knew all the strange things that were
to happen at Great Hedge.




CHAPTER VII

MUN BUN TAKES SOMETHING


The trip to Grandpa Ford's was to last all day. The six little Bunkers,
with their father and mother, had taken the railroad train about nine
o'clock in the morning, and they would reach Tarrington, in New York
State, about five in the evening.

"And one of my men will be at the depot to meet us with a carriage,"