"Push harder!" cried Teddy.
"I am!" answered Janet.
They both shoved as hard as they could on the cane and then it suddenly slipped. There was a crash and a tinkle of glass, and the children toppled over on the floor while the room was filled with a swirl of snowflakes blown in through the broken window.
"Oh, it's busted!" cried Teddy. "You did it, Janet Martin!"
"Oh, The-o-dore Baradale Martin! I did not! You pushed it yourself!"
"I didn't!"
"You did so!"
"Well, who got the cane, anyhow?"
"Well, who told me to get it?"
"I got some snow! I got some snow!" cried Trouble, and he tossed handfuls at his brother and sister, who had risen to their feet and were looking at the broken glass. The end of the cane had gone through it and the wind and snow were blowing into the room. On the carpet was a white drift that had fallen from the window sill.