Then he and his brother began to make a fountain. And I suppose you wonder how they did it.
CHAPTER IX
WHAT HAPPENED TO WILLIAM
"First," said Russ, as he took up the shovel, "we've got to make a hole."
"I thought you said we were going to make a fountain," said Laddie.
"We are," Russ went on. "But first you have to have some place for the fountain water to run into, don't you?"
"I guess so," agreed Laddie, who was not quite sure.
"'Course you have," insisted his older brother. "Don't you 'member how a fountain is? It has a big basin where the water splashes in out of a thing like a hose, and us boys could paddle our feet in the water if we wanted to."
"Oh! are you goin' to make that kind of a fountain?" asked Laddie.