know.

"No, Freddie, but the hose did something to him," said Bert.

"Oh, did it wet him again?"

"That's what it did."

"Ha! Ha!" laughed Freddie. "I wish I'd been here to see it, Bert."

"Well, why did you run?"

"Oh, I--I thought maybe--mamma might want me," answered Freddie,
but Bert understood, and smiled. Then he let Freddie finish watering
the flowers, after which Freddie played he was a fireman, saving
houses from burning by means of the hose.

Snap, the trick dog came running out, followed by Flossie, who had
just been washed and combed, her mother having put a clean dress
on her.

"Oh, Freddie," said the little girl, "let's make Snap do some
tricks. See if he will jump over the stream of water from the hose."

"All right," agreed her little brother. "I'll squirt the water
out straight, and you stand on one side of it and call Snap over.
Then he'll jump."

Flossie tried this, but at first the dog did not seem to want to
do this particular trick. He played soldier, said his prayers,