"This message just came! I was over at the telegraph office and the operator gave it to me to bring to you."
"Oh, thank you," said Mr. Brown.
There was a little pause in the play while the children were getting ready to sing the last song. Mr. Brown tore open the message.
"I hope there is no bad news," some one said, and every one in the audience hoped the same thing, for they all liked Mr. Brown.
Bunny and Sue, up on the stage, looked at their father in some wonderment, while Lucile, who was to lead in the singing, glanced at her brother. Could the telegram be about them?
CHAPTER XXV
THE FINAL CURTAIN
Mr. Treadwell, who was off to one side of the stage getting everything ready for the last scene, came out now to tell Bunny, Sue, and the others to start the singing.
"And sing good and loud," said the impersonator, who was dressed in a funny clown suit. "Sing your best, so all the people will like the show that Bunny and Sue started."