The Curlytops at Silver Lake

e body was half way under the carriage, the front wheels of which were turned in such a way that Janet coul

decided Janet, as she and Te

Teddy. "Let's b

by William once more, but he screa

. "You hurted me! Don't pu

, Trouble!" said Teddy. "We h

asked Jan kindly. "Does it hurt

y. "You go and tell my mommer I wants

decided Teddy. "You go for moth

en, where Mrs. Martin was making some broth for the sick man who had f

e's stuck fast

s. Martin, thinking of course it was the dog

et. "It's Trouble! He's stuck fast! And Teddy pulled and I pulled

ext? Here, Nora, watch this broth so it doesn't burn.

garage. Rushing in, she saw Teddy holding Trouble's head, wh

thinking perhaps Baby William was in

t get his head out, that's all. I'm holding it up for

I should think they wo

I stuck in my head, but I can't stick it out! Oh, Muzzie!" he cried, usin

med Mrs. Martin. "Here, Te

sh him out!"

im out," added Janet.

d was caught, and then, with a quick motion, she lifted him up, pulled him ba

Teddy, "how'd you do

dn't do it," added Jan. "We push

es

e lifted up," said Mr

ught of that,

tom of the V they were in so tightly that neither pushing nor pulling would get him out. But when I lifted him up I raised him toward the wide part of the V, at the place where he

eek-a-boo wif a chicken any

d your dog yet?"

sadly shook

He may be off paying a visit to some doggie friends of hi

and also to Janet and Teddy, some sugar cookies. Munching these, the child

e kitchen to finish making

each holding a hand of Baby William, walked about searching

o wake up for? To tell

ink of that. But I want to ask him if he saw Skyrocket. He's

an. "I heard daddy say he wasn'

him into the house, and his shoes had a lot of holes in 'em. Shoes get holes in 'em when you walk a lo

thinking that, as Teddy was older

ed Trouble, as he thought of the fun he had had

ay the button game now," said Ja

rouble sit down in de mud!" and he pulled his hands away from both Ted and

Ted, not knowi

ied the little fellow; and, tiny "tyke" that he

e hand again. "I'll take him up to the house and get out the button bag," said Jan to Ted. "You can keep on looking f

nd see if I can find Skyrocket. But if that man wakes up y

, and while Ted was walking down in the peach orchard, whistli

lled Ted. "

f not just the right way to answer,

oy chum who lived in the next street, came walk

ered Tom. "What

his mother had told him to be careful not to drop the last l

cried Tom Taylor.

and Janet had been looking for their missing pet, an

is a nice dog. Maybe some tramp opened the w

now," said Ted, rather proud to b

?" cried Tom. "Did

ined about the man his father and Patrick had carried in. "When

agreed Tom. "Now come

red here and there, calling and whist

ut him," decided Ted, as he sat down to rest on the

, again. "Say, I know what we can

ha

om. "It's got lots of water in now, after the rain. We can

t it for a momen

ngs, 'cause a raft isn't like a boat. The water sloshes all

ny boat except tiny toy ones. But since the rain two days before had made the pond larger and deeper, and a

. Using stones for hammers, the two boys knocked out some of the rusty nails, and drove them in again, fastening a number of boards togeth

ut with a willow pole. "It floats, and we don't care if we ge

ve lots of fu

meadow pond to the other. They pretended they were making long voyages, and hal

s they poled the raft about, when suddenly Ted gave too hard a thrust on his pole. It broke in two piec

" spluttered Ted, his m

l! I'll get you

es, and, after splashing and floundering about, he managed to sta

ht-all muddy, and dr

ou hurt?"

er. "You don't need to jump in t

d I'll pole you to

"There might be glass on the botto

ough he nearly tipped Tom off in doing so.

m, as he looked at his chum. "Aw

d. "But if I stay out long enough maybe I

e better not. I'll walk arou

ld from his ducking. He knew, too, that the sun and wind would s

y had sailed the raft. Ted was about half dry, and the two boys were throwing stones in the water, seeing who co

Ted and Tom. She knew them well, for t

ansom!" answer

dy Martin?" asked the storekeeper, when she saw the

ed Ted. "I fel

s. Ransom. "I didn't know t

"an' his pole broke and he fell in. H

hat, Teddy Martin. But I mustn't stand here talking. I'm going

exclaimed Teddy an

arrest somebody,"

he country, they knew, was the same as a policeman

able Juke?" asked T

dy?" asked Tom, a

I want him to do i

cause I fell in the water, Miss Ransom

ever put such a notion in your head? What I want of Constab

Ted and Tom. This was get

widow. "Some one got into my place last night and took a lot of things. I didn't miss 'em until just no

ke any money

try. It was a very queer box, and I wouldn't sell it for a lot of money. Now the burglars have it, and I'm going to have them arrested if Constable Juke can find 'em! Land sakes, but I must hurry on! St