w we've come to the end of the search. You mustn't do anything like
this again, Trouble," said Uncle Toby, a bit sternly, shaking his finger
at William.

"Nope!" he readily promised. "Maybe I have some nice smelly stuff take
home?" he added hopefully.

"Here you are!" laughed the barber, and he gave Trouble a little cake of
scented soap.

"You gave us a big scare," said Janet, when they were on their way back
to Uncle Toby's house.

"You make big snowman?" asked Trouble, and that's about all he seemed to
care. Janet wanted to laugh, but she did not think it wise.

They met the boys coming back, Ted and the other two being anxious, as
of course they had heard no word about the missing wanderer. But they
saw William in Uncle Toby's arms, and knew everything was now all
right.

"I'll keep my eye on you after this," said Janet when the children were
once more playing in the snow around Uncle Toby's house.

But it was one thing to say she would keep watch over a little chap like
Trouble, and another thing actually to do it. And William made more
trouble before the day was over.

Evening came, when it was time to stop playing out of doors and come
into the house. And it was after supper when the children were sitting
in the living room, listening to Uncle Toby tell a story, that Aunt
Sallie came running in from the kitchen.

"Oh, Uncle Toby!" she cried. "There's a leak in one of the pipes.
There's a big puddle of water in the middle of the kitchen floor. It was
dry when I went up to see if the beds were ready, and when I came down,
just now, I found a lot of water there."

"A broken pipe? That's too bad!" exclaimed Uncle Toby. "I may be able to
fix it myself; but if I can't, we'll have hard work getting a plumber
this time of night. I can shut off the water in the cellar, though, I
suppose. However, I'll take a look."

The children followed Uncle Toby and Aunt Sallie out to the kitchen.
Surely enough there was a large puddle of water in the middle of the
oilcloth. Uncle Toby looked up and around, and said:

"I can't see what pipe has burst. If it was one in the kitchen the water
would be spurting out now. It seems to come from under the sink."

By this time Trouble was toddling across the room toward the sink, under
which was a sort of cupboard with two swinging doors. The little fellow
was trying to open one of these doors.

"Here, Trouble! Let Uncle Toby look!" said Ted.

"I wants get my snowball," announ