"Now you stay right here until I come back with your father, or grandfather," said the hermit, as he put on an old coat to go out in the rain.
"Aren't you got an umbrella?" asked Sue.
"I don't need one, little girl. Umbrellas aren't much good in the woods. They catch on the trees. I'll be all right. I don't mind getting wet. Now don't you go away. I can't take you with me, or I would, but you'll be all right here."
"We're not afraid," said Bunny bravely. "Once we got locked in an empty house; didn't we, Sue?"
"Yep. And we slided down the banister rail. It was fun."
"Well, I haven't any banister here for you to slide down," said the hermit "But you may go to sleep if you like."
He went out, shutting the door after him, first having put the lamp on a high shelf where it could not be knocked over, if Bunny and Sue happened to be playing about the cabin.
But Bunny and Sue did not feel much like
