"Well, we'll try to get him back for you," promised Mr. Anderson, as he guided the horse down the street. "And we'll ask some of the people we meet if they have seen Jack."
"Oh, now I know we'll get him back!" exclaimed Janet, and there was a smile on her face where, before, there had been a sad look, which always came just before she cried. "I'm glad we met you, Mr. Anderson," she said.
"So am I," agreed Teddy.
The first person they met was Patrick, the man who worked for Mrs. Blake, the lady into whose house Jack made his way one night, making Mrs. Blake think he was a fuzzy burglar.
"Oh, Patrick!" cried Teddy, "a hand-organ man took our monkey away. Have you seen him?"
"Which? The hand-organ man or the monkey?" asked Mrs. Blake's gardener.
"Either one," said Janet. "He's the same monkey that was once in your house, you know."
"Yes," returned Patrick, with a smile, "I know. Well, I'm sorry, but I didn't see either the hand-organ man or the monkey."
"Giddap!" called Mr. Anderson to his horse. "We must try someone else."
They drove along a little farther, and next they met Sam White, a colored man, who cut grass and did other work for the neighbors of the Curlytops.