"Three cheers!" returned Cowboy Jack. "So you do, little girl. You've got the flag quite right. But this isn't the flag I am talking about."
"I don't believe I ever saw anything that was black and white but red, too," confessed Laddie slowly.
"Oh, yes, you have," said their big friend, apparently just as much entertained by the riddle as the little folks.
"I guess you must be mistaken, Mr. Cowboy Jack," said Laddie soberly. "I can't think of a single thing that is black and white, besides being red all over."
"Why, look at what you have in your hand!" exclaimed the ranchman.
"This is a paper," said Laddie.
"And isn't it black and white?"
"Yes, sir. The print is black and the paper is white. But I don't see any red——"
"But lots of us have read it all over," chuckled Cowboy Jack. "It is black and white, and is read all over!"
"Oh!" cried Laddie, clapping his hands, "that's another kind of 'red,' isn't it? I think that is a nice riddle. Don't you, Vi?"