A little later the Bunkers reached the railroad station, without losing anything more, and they were soon on their way to take the boat for Boston. They had had much fun in Maine, at Lake Sagatook, but just as good times were ahead of them, they all felt. It was evening when they went aboard the big steamer that was to take them to Boston. The children were rather tired from the day's journey in automobile and train. "I guess we'll all be glad to get into our little beds," said Mother Bunker, as they went to their staterooms, there being two, one next to the other. "Now let me count noses, to make sure you're all here," she went on. "Russ, Rose, Laddie, Vi, Mun Bun--Where is Margy?" she suddenly cried, as she missed the little girl. "Margy isn't here! Where is she?" It was true. Margy wasn't with the other little Bunkers. There were only five in sight! CHAPTER IV IN BOSTON Daddy Bunker and Mother Bunker were used to having things happen to the six little Bunkers. Not that they liked to have things happen--that is, unpleasant things--but the father and the mother knew they could not travel around with half a dozen children and not find a bit of trouble now and then. And now trouble had come! Margy was not to be found! "I'm sure she came on the boat with us," said Daddy Bunker. "Yes, I know that," said his wife, as she looked quickly around the deck. "I saw her with the rest not a minute ago." "Then where can she have gone?" asked Mr. Bunker. "As the steamer has not moved away from the dock, maybe she ran back to shore to get something, or look at something." "Why'd Margy go away?" asked Vi. "Margy is too little to go off by herself," said Mrs. Bunker. "Do you mean some one took her--maybe a gypsy?" asked Russ. "Oh, dear!" exclaimed Rose. "Are there gypsies here?" "Nonsense! Of course not!" answered Mr. Bunker, seeing that what Russ had said might frighten the children. "No one has taken Margy. Maybe she is just playing hide-and-go-seek!" Mr. Bunker didn't really believe Margy was doing this, but he said it to make the children feel better. "You take the children down to the stateroom," said Mr. Bunker to his wife, "and I'll look for Margy. I'll find her in a jiffy, which is very quick time, indeed," he told the children. "Run along now, Mun Bun, and you too, Vi and Laddie. Rose, you go with your mother and help take care of Mun Bun." "Shall I come with you, Daddy?" asked Russ. "Yes," answered Mr. Bunker, "you may come with me, Russ. You can run faster than I can, and if we find Margy playing tag with some of the other little boys and girls on the steamer you can catch her more easily than I can." Mr. Bunker said this for fun. He didn't really think Margy was playing tag. But he had to say something so the others would not be frightened. And, to tell the truth, Mr. Bunker was a little bit frightened himself, and so was his wife.