CHAPTER II
NICKNACK AND TROUBLE
"Oh, Teddy!" screamed Janet. "Oh, Trouble!"
Teddy did not answer at once. Indeed he had hard work not to tumble down the stairs himself after his little brother. Ted clung to the banister, though, and managed to save himself.
"Oh, he'll be hurt—terrible!" cried Janet, and she tried to get past her older brother to run downstairs after Trouble.
But Mrs. Martin, who was in the dining-room talking to Nora Jones, the maid, heard the noise and ran out into the hall.
"Oh, children!" she cried. "Teddy—Janet—what's all that noise?"
"It's Trouble, Mother!" announced Teddy. "I was playing bucking bronco and—"
"Trouble fell downstairs!" screamed Janet.