"You put him up to do that--to douse me with water!" cried Danny
angrily.

"I did not," said Bert quietly. "It was just an accident. I'm
sorry---"

"You are not! I say you did that on purpose--or you told Freddie
to, and I'm going to pay you back!"

"I tell you it was an accident," insisted Bert. "But if you want
to think Freddie did it on purpose I can't stop you."

"Well, I'm going to hit you just the same," growled Danny, and he
stepped toward Bert.

"You'd better look out," said Bert, with just a little smile.
"There's still a lot of water in this hose," and he brought the
nozzle around in front, ready to squirt on Danny if the bad boy
should come too near.

Danny came to a stop.

"Don't you dare put any more water on me!" cried the bully. "If
you do, I'll----" He doubled up his fists and glared at Bert.

"Then don't you come any nearer if you don't want to get wet,"
said Bert. "This hose might sprinkle you by accident, the same as
it did when Freddie had it," he added.

"Huh! I know what kind of an accident that was!" spoke Danny, with