"What is the matter, Laddie?" demanded Russ.

"If it is another riddle, Laddie, take your time. We'll stop and listen
to it."

"It isn't a riddle--Yes, it is, too! I guess it's a sort of riddle,
anyway," said Laddie. "Have you seen him?"

"That sounds like a riddle," said Rose. "And of course we haven't seen
him. What is the answer?"

"Who is it that you are asking your riddle about?" demanded Russ.

"Mun Bun," declared Laddie, breathing very hard, for he had run all the
way from the stateroom.

"Mun Bun isn't a riddle," said his sister. "He can't be."

"Well, he's lost," declared Laddie. "We can't find him. He was there one
minute, and just the next he was gone. And Mother can't find him, and
Vi's gone to hunt for Daddy, and--and--anyhow, Mun Bun has lost himself
and we don't any of us know what has become of him."




CHAPTER VI

THE SEA-EAGLE