“Yes, an’ we’ve got lost. We come with Tom an’ Bob, an’ Bill Foss, but now can’t find any of ’em.”
“How did that happen?”
“They went in bathin’, you see, an’ Josiah an’ me was goin’ to look ’round a little while. We went into a show, an’ when we come out couldn’t find the place where they was goin’ to meet us.”
“How long ago was that?”
“Jest after dinner.”
“They’ve gone home by this time,” the boy said confidently. “It ain’t likely they’d wait here so late if they didn’t find you, an’ you’d better toddle right up to Baker’s Court.”
“That’s jest what I told Josiah,” Sadie said earnestly; “but he seemed to think they’d stay here.”
“Of course not. What you want to do is go right on board the boat.”
“But Bob’s got the tickets,” Josiah said hesitatingly.
“Well, that can’t be helped now. Haven’t you enough cash for the fares?”