Bunny and Sue, up on the stage, looked at their father in some wonderment, while Lucile, who was to lead in the singing, glanced at her brother.  Could the telegram be about them?

CHAPTER XXV

THE FINAL CURTAIN

Mr. Treadwell, who was off to one side of the stage getting everything ready for the last scene, came out now to tell Bunny, Sue, and the others to start the singing.

“And sing good and loud,” said the impersonator, who was dressed in a funny clown suit.  “Sing your best, so all the people will like the show that Bunny and Sue started.”

The piano player struck a few notes and then Mr. Brown, who had finished reading the telegram, held up his hand and stepped out into the aisle, walking toward the stage.

“Wait a minute!” called Mr. Brown, and the piano player stopped.

“Is there anything the matter?” asked Mr. Treadwell, and Lucile’s Uncle Bill seemed a bit uneasy, for, being blind, he could not so well take care of himself in case of accident as could the others.

“Don’t you want Bunny and me to sing any more, Daddy?” called out Sue, from where she stood on the stage, and nearly every one in the hall laughed.

“Oh, yes, indeed, I want you to sing,” said Mr. Brown.  “But I have some good news, and I might as well tell it to those to whom it comes before the show goes on.  It will not take more than a few minute.  Lucile—­Mart—­the good news is for you!” And Mr. Brown waved the telegram at the boy acrobat and his sister, the singer.

“Is it from our kin?” asked Mart.

“Yes,” answered Bunny’s father.  “This message came to me because, I suppose, your uncle, Mr. William Clayton, gave my address when he telegraphed to your uncle Simon and Aunt Sallie.”

“And is the message from them?” asked Lucile.

“Yes,” replied Mr. Brown.  “It’s from your Uncle Simon, and he says he and your aunt will be here in about a week.  They have been giving a show in a far-off country, and they did not know you had lost track of them and your Uncle Bill.  But everything is all right now.  Your uncle and aunt are coming to look after you, and they say they are sorry you had so much trouble.”

“We didn’t have much trouble after we met you, and you took care of us,” said Mart.

“Well, I’m glad you feel that way about it,” replied Mr. Brown.  “And I’ll be glad to have you and Lucile stay with me until your uncle and aunt come back.  It’s well they telegraphed instead of waiting to send a letter, for the good news came more quickly.  They say they just received the first letter your Uncle Bill sent, and they made haste to answer by telegraph.”

“So everything is all right, is it?” asked Mart’s Uncle Bill, from where he sat with a friend from the Home for the Blind.

“Yes,” answered Mr. Brown.  “Lucile and Mart have found their relatives, and I hope they never lose them again.”