"The very thing," said Dandy; "let's go to-morrow night."
"All right," said Frisky; "and we ought to go to bed right off, or we will be sleepy when the time comes."
The friends rubbed noses, and cuddling down together were soon fast asleep.
The next night I locked Frisky in the barn as usual; and at the same time Dandy went to the loft to hunt rats, as I thought, but my guess was far from the truth.
When the lights were all out in the house, Frisky opened the window, as he had done the night before, and he and Dandy started upon their errand of rescuing the poor dogs and cats from the growl-box.
It was Saturday night; and when they reached the church, the choir had just finished rehearsing, but Dandy caught a faint sound of his distressed brothers in the growl-box as he came near. They stayed in the shadow of the porch until the people were gone, and then quietly slipped in and hid in a pew just before the janitor shut up the church.
When it became quiet and the lights went out, the two friends walked carefully to the back of the church, Master Frisky leading the way; and soon they were standing by the great organ. "There," said Frisky triumphantly, "that is the growl-box."
Dandy sniffed cautiously about, and then said, "Let me speak to the cats;" and he
