to come and help him. With the help of Sam, the expressman carried the package back into the barn.
"Oh, I wonder what it is?" said Sue.
"We'll go and ask mother," suggested Bunny. "She'll know."
Together, the children fairly ran upstairs to their mother's sitting room, where she was sewing.
"Oh, Mother!" cried Sue. "There's a fast wagon out in front—a fast wagon and"
"A fast wagon, Sue? What do you mean? Is it stuck fast in the mud?" Mrs. Brown asked.
"No, she means an express wagon," said Bunny, with a laugh. "I told her express was fast, Mother."
"Oh, I see," and Mrs. Brown smiled.
"But the express wagon did stop," went on the little boy. "It stopped here, and Sam and the man took out a big bundle. It's up in our barn. What is it, Mother?"
"I don't know. Bunny. Something your father sent for, perhaps. He may tell us what it is when he comes."
