He handed a box that seemed to be full of silver money and bills to Bunny and Sue Brown.
"Oh! Oh!" exclaimed Sue. "It"s most a thousand dollars I guess!"
"No, not quite as much as that," said Mr. Raymond. "But your show was a great success, and there"s ninety dollars and fifteen cents there. The fifteen cents is from a boy who couldn"t raise the quarter admission, so I let him in for fifteen. I"d have let him in for nothing, but he said he wanted to do all he could to help the Home for the Blind."
"Yes, this money"s for the Blind Home," said Bunny. "I"m glad we got such a lot. I didn"t think we"d get more than ten dollars."
"Indeed, you did very well, and I want to thank you on behalf of the blind people," said Mr. Harrison, manager of the Home, to whom Mr. Brown handed the money, after Bunny, Sue, and the other children had all had a look at it. "This will buy many a little comfort for my people."
Then, indeed, Bunny, Sue and the others felt repaid for all they had done to get up the show; and some of them had worked very hard to give the audience a pleasant and amusing time.
So everything came out well, and the finding of the uncle and aunt of Lucile and Mart was one of the nicest parts of the little play.
Soon the hall was deserted, and the children were on their way home. Mr.
Bill Clayton--though I presume his name was William, and not just Bill--and Mr. Harrison went to the Brown house to stay for supper, and there the telegram from their Uncle Simon was read again by Lucile and Mart.
"I"m going to be a show actor when I grow up," declared Bunny Brown.
"And I"m going to sing on the stage--I like it," said Sue.
"Well, it will be a good many years before you are old enough to go on the real stage," said her mother, with a laugh. "You or Bunny either."
And so the show that Bunny and Sue gave came to an end--yet not quite an end, either. For the play was given over again the week after, and more money raised for the Home for the Blind. And among those in the audience were Mart and Lucile"s Uncle Simon and Aunt Sallie. They had hurried their trip back to this country to look after Lucile and Mart, and they were glad to find their niece and nephew in such good hands.
"And if it hadn"t been for Bunny Brown, thinking of getting up a show, maybe you"d never have found us," said Mart to his Uncle Simon.
"Maybe," agreed Mr. Weatherby. "Bunny did a lot, and so did his sister Sue! They"re just the kind of children to do things!"
And perhaps, if all goes well, you may read of other doings of Bunny Brown and his sister Sue.
THE END.
THE BUNNY BROWN SERIES
By LAURA LEE HOPE
Author of the Popular "Bobbsey Twins" Books
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These stories by the author of the "Bobbsey Twins" Books are eagerly welcomed by the little folks from about five to ten years of age. Their eyes fairly dance with delight at the lively doings of inquisitive little Bunny Brown and his cunning, trustful sister Sue.
Bunny was a lively little boy, very inquisitive. When he did anything, Sue followed his leadership. They had many adventures, some comical in the extreme.
BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE
BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE ON GRANDPA"S FARM
BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE PLAYING CIRCUS
BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE AT CAMP REST-A-WHILE
BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE AT AUNT LU"S CITY HOME
BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE IN THE BIG WOODS
BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE ON AN AUTO TOUR
BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE AND THEIR SHETLAND PONY
BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE GIVING A SHOW
BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE AT CHRISTMAS TREE COVE
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THE MOVING PICTURE GIRLS SERIES
By LAURA LEE HOPE
Author of "The Bobbsey Twins Series."
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The adventures of Ruth and Alice DeVere. Their father, a widower, is an actor who has taken up work for the "movies." Both girls wish to aid him in his work and visit various localities to act in all sorts of pictures.