"Oh, 'lo,
Teddy," he went on as he saw his brother. "'Lo, Bob. You come to find
me?"
"I should say we _did_!" cried Bob. "What are you doing here?"
"Havin' wide," was the answer. "Everybody go 'way--out West--I not
have a goat den. I no want Nicknack to go 'way."
"Oh, I see what he means!" exclaimed Teddy, after thinking over what
his little brother said. "He heard us talking about bringing Nicknack
over to your house, Bob, to keep him for us. Trouble likes the goat
and I guess he didn't want to leave him behind. Maybe he thought he
could drive him away out to Montana, to Uncle Frank's ranch."
"Maybe," agreed Bob. "That'd be a long drive, though."
"I should say so!" agreed Mrs. Newton. "But I guess you're right,
Teddy. Your little brother started off to hide the goat and wagon so
you couldn't leave it behind. He's a funny baby, all right!"
"And look how he harnessed him!" exclaimed Bob.
Nicknack really wasn't harnessed. The leather straps and the buckles
were all tangled up on him, but Trouble had managed to make enough of
them stick on the goat's back, and had somehow got part of the
harness fast to the wagon, so Nicknack could pull it along.
"I had a nice wide," said Trouble, as Bob and Teddy straightened out
the goat's harness. "Den I got sleepy an' Nicknack he got hungry, so
we comed in here."
"And we've been looking everywhere for you!" exclaimed Mrs.
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