Bunny Brown and his sister Sue and their trick dog

by Laura Lee Hope

“I didn’t find him,” said Bobby crossly.

“Where did you get him then?”

“A fellah guv him to me.”

“Well, maybe he found him,” went on Mr. Ward. “Come now, where is the dog?”

“He’s in my yard.”

“Come on,” said Mr. Ward to Bunny and Sue. “I know where your yard is, Bobby. Once I found in it some machinery that had been stolen from the factory.”

“I didn’t take it, Mr. Ward. Honest I didn’t!” cried Bobby.

“Well, maybe you didn’t,” admitted the caretaker. “But show us the dog.”

After that Bobby seemed a little afraid, and he led the way into the yard behind the ramshackle old house where several colored families lived. Bunny and Sue had never been here before.

As soon as they entered the yard a dog came rushing from an old kennel in one corner. But the dog did not come very far, for he was held by a chain fastened to his collar.