"Come on, Laddie!" he called. "Let's go to the lake to sail the boat."
"Laddie went in the house," said Rose. "I'll find him then," returned Russ, and into the house he went, calling:
"Laddie! Laddie! Where are you? Come on and help me sail the boat!"
"Laddie was here a minute ago," said Jane, the hired girl, when Russ reached the kitchen in his search. "He asked me to give him some sugar in a cup."
"What'd he want of sugar?" asked Russ.
"I don't know," answered Jane. "But I gave him some and he went out in a hurry."
"Maybe he's going to make candy," said Russ.
"No, I don't believe so. He'd have to cook sugar on a fire to make candy, and you know your grandmother or your mother wouldn't let you play with fire."
"That's so," agreed Russ. "I wonder what Laddie wanted of the sugar. I've got to find him."