CHAP, VI.—TOM GOES TO LOOK FOR CATS.

°) OB was soon quite well again, and able

 

to walk about.

“Tom,” he whispered, one day, as they sat |
at dinner; “come upstairs directly afterwards
—J] want you.”

It was raining—for it rained in London
just as it did in the country—and the children
were not allowed to go out. Tom saw by
Bob’s way of whispering and the nudge he
gave him that it was a secret, so as soon as
he had swallowed his last mouthful he gave
him a nudge in return, and said in a low voice,
“T’'m ready.”

They waited till the others were moving
away, then Bob took him upstairs to an empty
-garret, where there was a small window
opening on to the roof.