"Stay where you are," commanded Mr. Horton. "You can't catch him now. Perhaps we can find him later. If not, Mother will have to get you another hat to-morrow."
"It was brand-new," Sunny Boy explained mournfully to David, as the car started. "Mother bought it for me to wear to New York. And now that colored boy went and stole it!"
CHAPTER II
OLIVER'S LESSON
ou going to New York?" Harold Wallace asked curiously. "When? My cousin lives there. He's coming to see me next summer."
Sunny Boy bounced around excitedly on the seat. That is, he bounced as much as he could in the rather crowded space.
"Yes, we're going to New York," he announced. "To-morrow—no, the next day—when is it, Daddy?"