“Of course we can,” said Bunny.

“Of course,” added Sue.

“Then I’ll leave you here,” went on the ragged man.  “I doctor some of the Indians, and this is one of them.  I’ll say good-bye, and the next time you’re lost you must send for me.”

“We will,” laughed Bunny and Sue as they went on toward the road.  They knew where they were now, as they had come along this road after the milk.

As they reached the highway they heard from the cabin of the ragged man a curious buzzing sound.

“What’s that?” asked Sue.  “Is it bees?”

“No, I don’t think so,” answered Bunny.  “It sounds more like machinery.”

“Yes, it does,” agreed Sue.  “I wonder what kind it is.”

“Sounds like a little saw mill,” said Bunny.

“Say!” cried Sue, when they had walked on a little way.  “Wasn’t it queer that that Indian asked about ‘heap big medicine,’ just the way Eagle Feather spoke of my Teddy bear and your electric train?”

“Kind of,” admitted Bunny.  “I wonder what he meant?”

“Oh, I guess it’s some medicine Mr. Bixby has for curing the stomach,” went on Sue.  “The Indian might have eaten too many green apples.”

“Maybe,” said Bunny.  “Oh, here comes Splash, looking for us!” he cried, as he saw the dog running along the road toward them.

CHAPTER XIII

MR. BROWN MAKES A SEARCH

The Brown children ran to meet Splash, and he was quite as glad to see them as they were to see him.  Up and down he jumped, trying to kiss them, making believe to bite them and all the while whining and barking in joy.

“Did you think we were lost, Splash?” asked Sue.

“Bow-wow!” answered the dog, and that, I think, was his way of saying:  “I did, but I’m glad I’ve found you.”

“And we were lost, Splash,” went on Bunny.  “But now we’re on our way home again.”

“Bow-wow!” barked the dog, and that meant he was glad.

Together the children and their dog walked on along the road, and Splash went on so far ahead and so fast that often Bunny and Sue had to run to catch up to him.

[Illustration:  THEY MET AN INDIAN COMING UP THE PATH. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Big Woods. Page 129.]

“But we’ll get home all the quicker,” said Bunny.

“Maybe they sent Splash to find us,” suggested his sister.

“Well, Splash is smart enough to do that if he had to,” said Bunny.  “We’ll soon be home now.”

In a little while they made a turn in the road that brought them within sight of the tents of Camp Rest-a-While.

“Now we’re all right!” cried Sue.

“Bow-wow!” barked Splash.

“Oh, children! where have you been?” cried Mrs. Brown, coming out to meet them.  “I sent Uncle Tad off one way to look for you, and Splash in the other.  I was just thinking of starting off myself!”