So this was done, and an advertisement was put in the paper, stating that because Patter was lost the performance for the Home for Crippled Children would take place later; just when was not known, but there would be a notice in the paper.
“Will the people want their ticket money back?” asked Bunny, for quite a goodly sum had been taken in from the sale of admissions.
“I think not,” his mother said. “People don’t take back money they have given to charity.”
And this proved to be the case. Though the boys offered to return it, no one asked to have his money refunded, even though the show was postponed.
The search for Patter went on for several day without any result. At last one morning Bunny whispered to Sue right after breakfast:
“Come on, let’s go off by ourselves.”
“Off where?” asked Sue.
“Off to find Patter. I think we can find him alone by ourselves better’n all the others. They make so much racket looking around and yelling that maybe Patter is afraid to come out.”
“Come out of where?” Sue wanted to know.
“Out of where he is hiding.”