"'Both in safety and in doubt,
Always keep a good lookout.
Should there not be room to turn,
Stop your ship and go astern.'"
Billy gave a shout. "Oh, look, Betty! look, Gerald! There's Antoine at the gate, and he's afraid of Hero. He doesn't dare pass him."
"He's calling you, Billy; go get your dog." Gerald laughed as he spoke.
"'Both in safety and in doubt, always keep a good lookout,'" mocked Billy. "He's scared to death. Look at him back up when Hero walks toward him. 'Should there not be room to turn, stop your ship and go astern.' If Antoine was a boat, he could play Hero was an iceberg. Hey, Bet?"
At last Antoine saw the children.
"If we don't stop laughing," warned Betty, "he'll go away. He may think we're making fun of him."
"Oh, how I wish Hero would give one of his loud barks," added Gerald. "Oh, I believe he will, sure as anything. He doesn't know what to think of Antoine. I guess he never saw any one act so queer. Now just see him stand there in front of the gate and make crazy motions."
Suddenly Hero gave three loud barks that startled the little Frenchman almost out of his senses.
"Look at him jump," continued Gerald. "He went up in the air like a rubber ball."
"It's too bad," protested Betty. "I'm going to the door to tell Antoine that Hero won't hurt him. Billy, you go and get your dog."