“Now I can make a riddle about it,” said Laddie.  “I can ask why is a ghost like an umbrella?”

“Why is it?” asked Violet.

“’Cause it hid in a rain-water pipe.  ’Course that isn’t a very good riddle,” admitted Laddie.  “Maybe I’ll think of a better one after a while.”

“Well, it’s good enough this time,” laughed Grandpa Ford.  “Now the ghost is ‘laid,’ as they call it, we’ll have lots of fun at Great Hedge.”

And so the children did.  The Christmas holidays passed and New Year’s came.  The snow melted, and there was a chance for more skating and for rides in the ice boat.  Russ kept his word and made one, but it upset more times than it sailed.

“I wonder what we’ll do next Winter,” said Rose, as she and Russ were sliding downhill one day.

“Summer comes before next Winter,” he said.  “Maybe we’ll go visiting again.”

And where the children went and what they did you may learn by reading the next volume of this series, to be called:  “Six Little Bunkers at Uncle Fred’s.”  He had a ranch out West and——­

But there, I’ll let you read the book for yourselves.

“Oh, but we’re having lots of fun here,” said Laddie that night, as he sat trying to think of a new riddle.  “Lots of fun.”

“And the best fun of all was finding the ghost that wasn’t a ghost,” said Russ.

And I think so myself.  So, having been on many adventures with the six little Bunkers, we will leave them for a while.

THE END

This Isn’t All!

Would you like to know what became of the good friends you have made in this book?

Would you like to read other stories continuing their adventures and experiences, or other books quite as entertaining by the same author?

On the reverse side of the wrapper which comes with this book, you will find a wonderful list of stories which you can buy at the same store where you got this book.

Don’t throw away the Wrapper

Use it as a handy catalog of the books you want some day to have.  But in case you do mislay it, write to the Publishers for a complete catalog.

SIX LITTLE BUNKERS SERIES

By LAURA LEE HOPE

Author of The Bobbsey Twins Books, The Bunny Brown Series, The Blythe Girls Books, Etc.

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Durably Bound.  Illustrated.  Uniform Style of Binding.  Every Volume Complete in Itself.

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Delightful stories for little boys and girls which sprung into immediate popularity.  To know the six little Bunkers is to take them at once to your heart, they are so intensely human, so full of fun and cute sayings.  Each story has a little plot of its own—­one that can be easily followed—­and all are written in Miss Hope’s most entertaining manner.  Clean, wholesome volumes which ought to be on the bookshelf of every child in the land.