Mickey looked at them, mystified.
"What about tar?" he asked. "Has Miss Putnam any?"
CHAPTER XXII
MICKEY OWNS UP
Brother told Mickey the tar incident in a few words.
"And you can't make her believe Betty and I didn't put it on her porch," he concluded. "She's just 'termined we did it."
"And she sent the policeman to your house and all," mused Mickey. "Gee!"
His face was rather red and he looked at Brother and Sister queerly. He opened his mouth as though to say something, then apparently changed his mind.
"Well, we have to go home," declared Brother. "You'll go see Miss Putnam, won't you, Mickey?"