"Did - did Danny do anything to you?" the little fellow wanted to 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, stood on his