Down went Rosy Posy in imitation of Dick's performance, and then they all fell into the leaves, and burrowed about like rabbits. Presently Marjorie's head emerged like a bright-eyed turtle poking out from its shell, and shaking the dead leaves out of her curls, she said: "Come on, let's make houses. King, won't you and Dick get some rakes?" The boys flew off to the toolhouse, and came back with several rakes, both wood and iron ones. "Here's all we can find," said King. "Some of us can rake, and some can build things." They all set to work with a will, and soon two houses were in process of construction. These houses were, of course, merely a ground plan, and long, low piles of leaves divided the rooms. Openings in these partitions made doors, and the furniture was also formed of heaps of leaves. A long heap was a sofa, and a smaller heap a chair, while a round, flat heap was a table. King, Gladys, and Dorothy were one family, while Dick, Marjorie, and Kitty were the other. Rosy Posy was supposed to be an orphan child, who lived with one family or the other in turn, as suited her somewhat fickle fancy. In each family the children represented father, mother, and daughter, and they were pleasantly neighborly, or at odds with each other, as occasion required. To-day the spirit of adventure was strong in Marjorie, and she decreed they should play robbers. This was always a good game, so they all agreed. "First, King's family must be robbed," said Midget; "and then, after you catch us, you rob us." The burglaries were thus amicably planned, and Kingdon and his family, lying on leaf-couches, fell into a deep, but somewhat noisy slumber. Indeed, their snoring was loud enough to frighten away most robbers. Rosy Posy didn't count in this game, so she was allowed to wander in and out of either house. When the Kingdon family were _very_ sound asleep, the Dick family crept softly in through the open doors, and endeavored to steal certain valuable silver from the sideboard. This silver was admirably represented by chips and sticks. Dick and Marjorie had secured their booty and were carefully sneaking away when King awoke, and with a howl pounced upon Kitty, who was still industriously stealing silver. This, of course, was part of the game, and Dick and Midget wrung their hands in despair as they saw their daughter forcibly detained by the master of the house. Then Gladys and Dorothy were awakened by the noise, and added their frightened screams to the general hullaballoo. Kitty was bound hand and foot in the very dining-room where the silver had been, and King went valiantly out to hunt the other marauders. Then the game was for King and his family to try to catch Dick and Midget, or for Kitty's parents to release her from her bondage. At last, as King and Gladys were both engaged in chasing Dick, Marjorie found an opportunity to free Kitty, and then the game began again, the other way round.