DOWN THE CREEK


"There goes Snoop!"

"Oh, somebody get her!"

Nan and Dorothy both shouted at the same time. As for Bert, he was so
surprised at having caught a fish, and at seeing the cat slide off the
deck with it, that he could say nothing. It was almost the same with
Harry. He had jumped to his feet, however, and had run toward Snoop,
but too late.

Then, all of a sudden, Snap, with a loud bark, gave one spring, and
the next moment he had jumped right over the deck railing, under which
Snoop had slid. Right over it went Snap, and down into the lake. For
he knew that Snoop had fallen in, and, being the kind of a dog that
asks nothing better than to save something, or somebody, from the
water, Snap was right on hand.

"Oh, my doll! My doll!" cried Flossie. "Snap is taking my doll into
the lake with him! Come back, Snap! Come back!"

Snap did not stop to listen. He had, indeed, taken Flossie's doll with
him. He had been holding it on his front paws as Snoop slid overboard,
and, as he gave a jump, Snap did not come down on all four legs. He
jumped while he was yet standing on his hind ones, and of course the
doll went over the rail with him.