"My! My! There must have been a lot of excitement while I have been gone!" laughed Uncle Toby, for it was, indeed, he.
"When did you get back from South America?" asked Mr. Martin.
"I didn't go," answered Uncle Toby. "I got all ready to go, but changed my mind and went to Canada instead. I'm going back to live in my old house."
"And will you—will you take your pets?" asked Teddy.
"Well, not right away," answered Uncle Toby. "You may keep them as long as you like. I wish I had been here for the show, but here's the ninety-nine cents I promised, and if you give the show for me later on I'll give a hundred dollars for the orphans."
"Oh, how lovely!" cried Janet. "Let's start and give it now!"
It was, however, a little too late in the day for that. But, a week later, Uncle Toby did see all the pets put through their tricks and he gave another hundred to the orphan fund, so that many of the poor children had a fine vacation time in the country.
"Well, we certainly had a lot of fun with all the animals," said Janet one day, when she and Teddy were playing out under the trees with the dogs and the cats.
"Yes," he agreed, "we did. We had as much fun this summer as if we had gone away. And I wonder what we can do next?"
"Oh, something, I guess," said Janet. "What I'm going to do now is go in and get something to eat."