Bunny and Sue did not know whether or not to wait, but, in the end, they stood still. Splash whined, but did not bark. They could hear some one walking toward them.
A moment later there came into the light of the flashlight a slim, ragged boy. He was even more ragged than Mr. Bixby.
"Please don't run away," he said. "I won't hurt you. I need some one to help me."
Bunny and Sue felt sorry for the boy.
CHAPTER XV
HIDDEN IN THE HAY
For two or three seconds the two children and the ragged boy stood in the queer cave looking at one another. Splash had come to a stop near his little master and mistress, and with one fore leg raised from the ground was looking sharply at the boy. It seemed as if the dog were saying:
"Just say the word, Bunny or Sue, and I'll drive this boy away from here. He doesn't look like a proper person for you to be with."
But Bunny and Sue had no such feeling. They did not mind how ragged a person was if he were only clean. Of course a dog is different. Splash never did like ragged persons, though in a good many cases they were just as good as the well dressed ones with whom he made friends.