“Three pounds of granulated sugar,” said Bunny.
“And a bag of salt,” added Sue.
Often when the two children went to the store together they each remembered half of the things they were to get. To-day there were just two things—sugar and salt—and Bunny remembered one while Sue did not forget the other.
“Sugar and salt, is it?” laughed Mr. Gordon. “Well, don’t get them mixed, that’s all I have to say.” He went to get the articles and noticed, sitting in front of the counter, Patter, the trick dog.
“That dog yours?” he asked.
“Yes, sir,” answered Bunny.
“Hum,” remarked Mr. Gordon, in such an odd voice that Bunny inquired:
“Did you think he wasn’t ours?”
“My daddy got him from a Frenchman,” added Sue.
“The reason I asked,” said Mr. Gordon, “was that a colored man was in here the other day, asking me if I’d seen a dog like that. It was just such a dog and just such a color, the darkey said.”