“Don’t you peep!” cried all the children.
“We’ll see if he can do better than I did!” declared Frank Bennett. So far the prize belonged to Frank. Fred’s turn came last.
After being turned around three times, Fred walked straight up to the picture and pinned the tail exactly in place.
“Oh, Frank, that is better than you did by two inches!” said Hilda.
“Fred gets the prize!” cried the excited children, as Fred pulled off the handkerchief.
Then little Marie, Hilda’s sister, handed him a pearl-handled penknife.
Fred made little of his prize, and as soon as the children stopped examining it, slipped it into his pocket.
After that, Mrs. Wells served ice-cream and cakes.
Oh the way home Frank asked Fred to let him see the prize. “It is a beauty of a knife, Fred,” said he. “Until you tried, I thought I should be the winner.”
Fred muttered something about having too many knives already.