`` He is n't in the kitchen , '' said Felicity rushing about wildly , `` and he could n't get into the other part of the house , for I shut the hall door tight , and no baby could open it -- and it 's shut tight yet . So are all the windows . He MUST have gone out of that door , Dan King , and it 's your fault . '' `` He DID N'T go out of this door , '' reiterated Dan stubbornly . `` I know that . '' `` Well , where is he , then ? He is n't here . Did he melt into air ? '' demanded Felicity . `` Oh , come and look for him , all of you . Do n't stand round like ninnies . We MUST find him before his mother gets here . Dan King , you 're an idiot ! '' Dan was too frightened to resent this , at the time . However and wherever Jimmy had gone , he WAS gone , so much was certain . We tore about the house and yard like maniacs ; we looked into every likely and unlikely place . But Jimmy we could not find , anymore than if he had indeed melted into air . Mrs. Patterson came , and we had not found him . Things were getting serious . Uncle Roger and Peter were summoned from the field .
Mrs. Patterson became hysterical , and was taken XXXXX the spare room with such remedies as could be suggested .
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