THE SIGNAL 21 



" Baldy ! B-a-1-d-y ! " The horses stopped and 

 Tommy was pulled up over the tailboard and 

 went bumping happily down the road in the 

 springless box wagon, while the question of dogs 

 was forgotten for a time. 



"Baldy won't be back for at least an hour, 

 so I might as well go and look for the frogs by 

 myself," thought Anne, whistling to Waddles, 

 who was taking a sun-bath under the glass of 

 one of the violet frames, and came out looking 

 very guilty. 



"Now, Waddles, aren't you ashamed of your- 

 self," said his mistress, severely, "after all I've 

 said to you about being a good example to 

 Lumberlegs ? What if he should go and take 

 a nap in among the violets or new lettuce, and 

 then when he was scolded say, 4 Why not, I saw 

 Waddles do it?' 



"Where is Lumberlegs? You don't know? 

 Very well, I'll excuse you this time, and you 

 may come down to the old spring meadow with 

 me, but remember no sniffing about and baying 

 at Rabbits. I'm looking for peeping frogs, and 

 by the way they sound I should think there 

 must be thousands of them." 



Waddles trotted solemnly after Anne, looking 

 over his shoulder rather nervously from time to 



