"For," said Grace Lavine, with whom Nan sometimes played, "school will
soon begin, and we want to have all the fun we can until then."

"Let's jump rope," proposed Nan.

"All right," agreed Grace. "Here comes Nellie Parks, and we'll see who
can jump the most."

"No, you mustn't do that," said Nan. "Don't you remember how you once
tried to jump a hundred, and you fainted?"

"Indeed I do," said Grace. "I'm not going to be so silly as to try that
again. We'll only jump a little."

Soon Nan and her chums were having good time in the yard.

Charley Mason, with whom Bert sometimes played, came over, and the two
boys went for a row on the lake, in Bert's boat. Some little friends of
Flossie and Freddie came over, and they had fun watching Snap do tricks.

For the circus dog, as he had come to be called, seemed to be able to do
some new trick each day. He could "play dead," and "say his prayers,"
besides turning a back somersault. The little twins, who seemed to
claim more share in Snap than did Nan and Bert, did not really know how
many tricks their pet could do.

"Maybe you'll have to give him back to the circus," said Willie Flood,
one of Freddie's chums.