The nurse went to the window and looked out. No tree, roof or shed was near enough for the cat to have jumped to them and then to the ground, so of course it must have been a spook cat for no cat was in sight. She never looked close to the building, or she would have seen a rope to which clung a black cat, hanging on desperately as it lowered itself to the ground.
CHAPTER VIII
BILLY MAKES PLANS TO LEAVE FRANCE
WHILE Button was hanging on to the rope Billy and the dogs came around the hospital to look for him.
“There! I told you Button was the smartest cat you ever heard of, and I bet he would find a way to see Stubby. There he comes now, down that rope from Stubby’s window!” said Billy.
When nearly to the ground Button jumped from the rope and landed at Billy’s feet.
“Hello, Billy and friends! How do you find yourselves? I have just been up to pay Stub a visit, and I accidentally frightened two nurses nearly to death and made them both believe they saw a spook cat instead of a live one.”
“But how am I to see Stubby? That is what I want to know,” asked Billy.
“I am afraid you can’t get into the hospital to see him, Billy. But you will probably have a fine chance to see him to-morrow. I heard the nurse say she was going to take all the convalescent patients out under a tree in the yard if it was a nice day. And as the sun set clear, I think you will have a chance to talk to him to-morrow. If you cannot get near enough to him to chat, at least you can see him.”
“How is his leg getting along?”