“What color?” asked the boy.
Bunny described Patter and then the strange boy, who was quite ragged and dirty, said:
“Why, I think I know the very dog you’re looking for. I saw him going down that street a while ago.”
“Oh, thank you!” cried Bunny, as he and Sue darted away.
“Did you really see their dog?” asked another ragged urchin of the one who had spoken to Bunny and Sue.
“Naw, I don’t know nothin’ ’bout their dog,” he snarled.
“What’d you tell ’em you did for?”
“Just to have some fun. We’ll see how long they chase around looking for a trick mut!”
The boy had played a mean trick, for fun, as he thought. But it made trouble for Bunny and Sue.
The children searched the River Street section and attracted much attention because they were well dressed—much better than the boys and girls playing on the sidewalks. But for all they walked and looked, no Patter could they find.