“We only broke one tiny little window,” Red added.
“Start at the beginning and tell me everything,” Mr. Hatfield ordered. “Who went out to the church Saturday?”
“I planned the hike,” Dan confessed. “Brad and Fred couldn’t go. Chips, Chub, Midge, Red and myself were the only ones.”
“You were after an ice cream freezer the attorney said.”
“That’s right. We asked Mr. Treuhaft if we could borrow a couple that are stored in the basement. He was busy and told us to come back later.”
“After he turned you down, did you try to break into the church?”
“We certainly didn’t,” Dan denied indignantly.
“We just ate lunch there and tossed my basketball around a little while,” Red contributed. “Chub made a bad throw and broke a window. That’s all there was to it, except that Dan said he’d pay for it.”
“I tried,” Dan took up the story. “Yesterday I went to Old Terry’s place. He wasn’t there, but his wife refused the money.”
“Has anyone returned to the church since the group left there Saturday?” the Cub leader inquired.