in telling about it
afterward. "He giddapped so fast that I tumbled over backward into a box
of strawberries. But I didn't smash very many, and Bunny and me ate 'em,
so it didn't hurt much."

On went the grocery horse, and pretty soon Tommie, on the front seat,
cried:

"Whoa!"

The horse stopped in front of a big house where lived Mr. Jones. Tommie
looked back into the wagon. He did not see Bunny and Sue, for they had
pulled a horse blanket over themselves to hide, since there were not so
many boxes in the wagon now.

"Hello!" cried Tommie in surprise. "Where's that big basket of groceries
for Mr. Jones? I surely put it in the wagon, but it's gone! This is
queer!"

Bunny and Sue, hiding under the blanket, wondered what would happen
next.

CHAPTER VI

OFF FOR NEW YORK

"Where is that basket of groceries for the Jones house? Where can it
have gone to?" asked Tommie aloud, as he looked back into his wagon.
"I'm sure I put it in, and now--"

He turned around on his seat, and stepped over into the back part of the
wagon, among the boxes and baskets. He looked at them carefully, and
finally he raised the horse blanket that was over Bunny and Sue.

"Why--why--what--what in the world are you doing here?" cried Tommie,
much surprised to see the two children hiding there.

"We--we're having a ride," said Sue.

"Where did you get in?" asked Tommie.

"When you stopped at our house," answered Bunny. "And we've been riding
with you ever since."

"Well, well!" cried Tommie. "And to think I never knew it! You riding
in with me all the while, and I never knew a thing about it! Well,
well!"

He laughed, and Bunny and Sue laughed also. It was quite a joke.

"You don't mind, do you, Tommie?" asked Bunny.

"No, not a bit. I'm glad to have you."

"And will you ride us home?" asked Sue.

"Sure, yes, of course I will. But I've got to deliver the rest of my
groceries first. And that makes me think--I've lost a big basket full
that ought to go to Mr. Jones. I'm sure I put 'em in the wagon, but
they're not here. You didn't see a big basket of groceries--butter,
bread, tea, coffee and sugar--fall out, while you were riding in there,
did you?"

Bunny and Sue looked at one another. They were both thinking of the same
thing.

"That must have been the basket," said Bunny slowly.

"Yes," agreed Sue.

"What basket?" asked Tommie.

"We--we gave a basket of groceries to old Miss Hollyhock," said Bunny
slowly. "