"Down, Toto!" commanded his master, and down the little dog jumped with a bark of satisfaction.
"That's our plan!" cried Joe.
They kept on with the experiment until they had the dog leaping into the blanket as it sagged down in the water, a quantity of which was held in the depression of the cloth. Toto seemed to like the new trick. He was eager for the leap, and splashed about joyously in the water.
An hour's practice was considered enough for one day.
"To-morrow we'll go at it again," said Mr. Fleet.
The more Joe thought of the new trick the better he liked it.
"To work with a diving dog will surely create a sensation," he mused.
"What's this I hear about you, Joe?" asked Jim Tracy at the evening performance. "Trying some new stunt?"
"Well, yes, just trying it. You mean about the dog?"
"Yes."