der and had other dolls,
and finally had come to play more with her brother and the pets than with
such toys, Janet had forgotten all about Miss Muffin. So the rag doll had
been tossed here and there, sometimes in one corner and sometimes in
another, getting more ragged, torn and dirty as the weeks went by.

But Baby William had found this old doll and had tied it to the little
seat in his express wagon. And there sat Miss Muffin, one eye partly
scratched off her painted cloth face, and the other eye, by some
accident, skewed around until it was standing up and down, and did not
lie sideways as most eyes do.

"I give Miss Muffin a wide," announced Trouble. "She 'ike it, an' maybe
it's a twick for de circus!"

Teddy and Janet looked at one another and then they both laughed.

"Say, it _would_ be a good trick!" said Teddy at length. "We could dress
Trouble up funny like, and have him come in driving Turnover and
Skyrocket. The people would clap like anything."

"I believe they would," agreed Janet.

"Did Turnover scratch you when you tied all those strings on, Trouble?"
she asked her little brother.

"Nope! Turn, he 'ike it," declared Baby William. "An' Sky, he puts hims
tongue on my hands and 'ick me."

"I guess he wouldn't have much trouble with Skyrocket," said Teddy. "I've
harnessed the dog to little carts before. But I never hitched the dog and
cat together. You made a fine trick there, Trouble."

"I be in circus?" asked the little fellow.

"Sure you may be in the circus," said Janet. "It will be one of the best
acts. And we can tie ribbons on the necks of Sky and Turn, as Trouble
calls them, to make it look prettier. Go on, Trouble," she said to her
little brother, "let's see you drive 'em around the yard. Maybe they'll
break away, or get all tangled up, and then it wouldn't be a good act for
our show," she said to Teddy.

But Trouble seemed to have charmed Skyrocket and Turnover to do just what
he wanted them to do, and they walked slowly around the paths in the
yard, giving Miss Muffin a fine ride.

"Don't keep 'em hitched up too long, Trouble," advised Janet. "If you do
they'll get tired, and won't like it next time."

"I undwess 'em now," said the little boy. By "undressing" he meant taking
the string and strap harness off the dog and cat.

Turnover and Skyrocket seemed very glad to be set free, and they ran off
together, while Trouble stayed with his brother and sister, as they had
told him the