fight.

"I'll get you yet, Freddie Bobbsey!" cried Danny, shaking his fist at
the little fellow. Whereupon Freddie turned and ran toward the house.
Danny saw that he could not catch him in time, and so he turned to Bert.

"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