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diff --git a/old/65360-0.txt b/old/65360-0.txt deleted file mode 100644 index b704c49..0000000 --- a/old/65360-0.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,2727 +0,0 @@ -The Project Gutenberg eBook of Charlie and His Puppy Bingo, by Helen Hill - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and -most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms -of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: Charlie and His Puppy Bingo - -Author: Helen Hill - Violet Maxwell - -Illustrator: Helen Hill - Violet Maxwell - -Release Date: May 16, 2021 [eBook #65360] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -Produced by: Charlene Taylor, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was - produced from images generously made available by The Internet - Archive/American Libraries.) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHARLIE AND HIS PUPPY BINGO *** - - -[Illustration] - - A SECOND BOOK OF CHARLIE STORIES - - Charlie and His Puppy Bingo - - - - -[Illustration] - - THE MACMILLAN COMPANY - NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO · DALLAS - ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO - - MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED - LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA - MELBOURNE - - THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. - TORONTO - - -[Illustration: _Charlie_] - - - - - CHARLIE AND HIS - PUPPY BINGO - - BY - HELEN HILL - AND - VIOLET MAXWELL - AUTHORS OF “CHARLIE AND HIS KITTEN TOPSY” - - ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHORS - - New York - THE MACMILLAN COMPANY - 1923 - - _All rights reserved_ - - - - - PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - - COPYRIGHT, 1923, - BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. - - Set up and electrotyped. Published September, 1923. - - - - - DEDICATED TO - A. T. M. M. - - - - -FOREWORD - - -The authors have made every effort to write these little stories in -language that will be intelligible to very little children. - -They have observed that it is much easier to hold a small child’s -attention when _telling stories_, rather than when reading them aloud. -So they have tried to put these stories in informal English, using -frequent repetitions, with here and there an _interesting_ long word, -and italicizing words on which emphasis is to be laid, their object -being to write the stories as they would be told. - - - - -CONTENTS - - - CHAPTER PAGE - - I BINGO COMES TO LIVE WITH CHARLIE 1 - - II CHARLIE LEARNS THE TRAFFIC LAWS 13 - - III HOW BINGO LOST HIS SPOTS 28 - - IV CHARLIE RIDES ON THE ENGINE OF A REAL TRAIN 41 - - V BINGO AND THE ANGRY ROOSTER 56 - - VI CHARLIE DELIVERS MAIL FOR THE STAGE DRIVER 67 - - VII CHARLIE MAKES A POOL AND SAILS HIS BOAT 87 - - VIII CHARLIE BUILDS A REAL HOUSE OUT OF BRICK 104 - - IX BINGO LEARNS TO COME WHEN HE IS CALLED 120 - - X WHAT CHARLIE DID ON A RAINY DAY 135 - - - - -ILLUSTRATIONS - - - Charlie _Frontispiece_ - - PAGE - - The puppy drank all the milk _Opposite_ 10 - - Bingo had to travel in the baggage car _Facing_ 43 - - The rooster kept Bingo a prisoner “ 63 - - Charlie blew a tremendous blast “ 77 - - Charlie and the stage driver talk together “ 81 - - The boat sailed beautifully “ 99 - - Charlie watched the builders _Opposite_ 107 - - One of the strange boys held Bingo _Facing_ 129 - - Charlie made three villages _Opposite_ 143 - - - - -[Illustration] - -Charlie and His Puppy Bingo - - - - -TO READ FIRST - - -Charlie was a little boy who lived with his Mother and his Daddy and -his Auntie in a house in the city. The house had a big yard all around -it, where Charlie liked to play. - -A cat called Jane and her kitten Topsy also lived in the house. Topsy -and Charlie were great friends and they played together all day long. -Jane sometimes played with them too, but Jane was a cat who loved -little babies, both baby cats and baby humans, and she was sad because -Charlie was growing to be a big little boy, and Topsy was a big little -kitten--so big that he could wash himself and it would have been -_ab-surd_ for Jane to go on washing him when he was such a big little -kitten! - - - - -[Illustration] - -BINGO COMES TO LIVE WITH CHARLIE - - -One morning Charlie woke up suddenly because his kitten Topsy had -jumped on his bed and was tickling him under the chin! - -Charlie woke up, and somehow he felt different--he felt most _awfully -old_--and then he remembered why! - -“I’m five years old!” he shouted and jumped out of bed. With Topsy on -his shoulder, he ran downstairs to the kitchen where his Mother and -his Auntie were getting breakfast ready. - -“I’m five years old!” he shouted again, and jumped into his Mother’s -arms. “I’m a great big boy now.” - -His Mother said, “Yes, indeed, you are a great big boy now, think of -it! It takes _all_ the fingers of one hand to tell how old you are!” -And his Mother hugged him hard and his Auntie hugged him hard too and -they both wished him “Many happy returns of the day.” - -Then Charlie ran upstairs again and started to dress himself. He could -dress himself quite easily, but sometimes when he was lazy he would -pretend that he could not and call out for his Auntie to button him up. - -But as he was five years old to-day Charlie was going to show everybody -what a big boy he was. So he brushed his hair and cleaned his teeth -and buttoned _all_ the buttons and came out of his room at the same -time as his Daddy came out of _his_. - -“_Oh, what_ a big boy you are!” said his Daddy. “I can hardly lift -you.” But he did lift him all the same and carried him down the stairs -and into the dining room on top of his shoulder! - -And when they got into the dining room Charlie scrambled all down -his Daddy without waiting to be put down--for there were the most -ex-cit-ing looking parcels on the table beside his plate, and one of -them was so e-nor-mous that it took up half the room on the table! - -Charlie could not wait _one_ minute, he started right away to take the -wrapping paper off the great, e-nor-mous parcel. - -It was tied with blue ribbons just like the other parcels, for all that -it was so e-nor-mous. Charlie pulled and he tugged and at last the -wrapping paper was all off. And what do you think it was? You never -can guess! _No one_ could ever guess that such a thing could be on the -breakfast table beside a little boy’s plate, even though it was the -little boy’s birthday and he was five years old. It was an automobile! -Yes, it was an automobile that Charlie could sit in and pedal with his -feet, and it would go just like a real automobile. Charlie’s Daddy -lifted it to the floor and Charlie ex-am-ined it all over. It had real -lights and a wind shield and a steering gear. It was the most beautiful -automobile that any little boy ever had! - -There were a lot of other parcels beside his plate, and they were -_all_ interesting. There was a new suit for Charlie, and it was a -sailor suit, just like those that big boys wear. It had a lanyard and -a whistle, and it had a red stripe and an emblem on the sleeves. Then -there were two new cars for his electric train, and a pair of scissors -with blunt edges, so that Charlie could cut things out himself and not -always have to ask his Mother or his Auntie to do it for him. There was -an express wagon that he could haul stones and grass in, and there was -a new battery for his flashlight! - -Charlie was still looking at all his beautiful presents, when there -came a ring at the door and a loud whistle. It was the postman! Charlie -ran to the front door and opened it. And he said to the postman, “I -am five years old, and I’ve got an automobile and a whistle just like -yours, and a lot of other things.” - -And the postman said, “I _thought_ that you had grown a lot taller -since I saw you yesterday. It’s fine that you have got a whistle like -mine. There is nothing to prevent you from being a postman yourself -now, is there? Then you can carry your own mail. Look what a lot of -letters I have brought this morning--and they are all for you!” - -Yes, indeed, the postman was right, _all_ the letters were for Charlie, -and every letter had a beautiful card in it wishing him “Many happy -returns of the day.” And there was a letter from Uncle Jim; it had a -whole dollar bill in it, and the dollar bill was for Charlie! Yes, the -dollar bill was all for Charlie, and his Mother said that she would -take him down to the stores and he might buy whatever he liked with it. - -Then his Daddy said, “What are you going to buy with the dollar?” - -And Charlie said, “I am going to buy a present for Mother and a present -for Auntie and a present for _you_, then we will all have presents on -my birthday!” - -Well, it took such a long time opening all his presents and looking at -all his birthday cards that it seemed as if Charlie would not get any -breakfast at all that day. But at last he had all his presents spread -out on the table in front of him, so that he could look at them while -he was eating his breakfast; that is, all except the automobile, and -that was on the floor beside his chair. - -At last he finished his breakfast and he went into the kitchen to give -Jane and Topsy _their_ breakfast, when--what do you think? Jane wasn’t -there! No, Jane was not in the kitchen at all, or in the dining room, -or upstairs in any of the bedrooms, nor was she in the yard. Jane had -ab-so-lute-ly disappeared! - -Charlie and his Mother and his Auntie called, “Jane, Jane, Kitty, -Kitty, Kitty!” all over the house and all over the yard, but no Jane -came. - -Never before had Jane been late for breakfast, but now that she did not -come Topsy had to have breakfast all by himself. - -Charlie felt very sad that Jane had disappeared on his birthday. He -loved Jane very much, nearly as much as he loved Topsy. He sat down on -the floor and began to play with his new toys, but every few minutes -he got up and went to the window to see if Jane was coming back. Yes, -Charlie went to the window three, four, _five_ times, and there was no -Jane. The _sixth_ time that Charlie looked out of the window, what do -you think he saw? He saw Jane coming down the garden path, and she was -carrying something in her mouth. It was something big and heavy, four -times as big as a mouse! It was so big and heavy that Jane had to drag -it along the ground. - -Charlie rushed to the door and called out, “Mother! Auntie! Come quick! -Jane has come back and she has something e-nor-mous in her mouth AND -IT’S ALIVE!” - -Then he opened the front door just as Jane reached it, and Jane dropped -the thing that she was carrying in her mouth. What do you think it was? - -You never can guess. IT WAS A LITTLE, TINY PUPPY! Yes, a little baby -puppy, so little that it could hardly walk! - -Jane had been so sad at not having any baby kitten to play with any -more, now that Topsy had grown to be such a big kitten, that she had -found a baby puppy instead, and she had brought it home on Charlie’s -birthday so that it could be Charlie’s puppy too. - -Oh, but Charlie and his Mother and his Auntie were excited! They picked -up the baby puppy and they stroked Jane and told her what a good cat -she was. - -Then Charlie’s Auntie took the puppy into the kitchen and tried to feed -him with some warm milk, but he was _so_ little that he had not learned -how to drink yet! - -So Charlie’s Mother said, “I will go to the toy shop, and I will buy -a doll’s baby bottle. Perhaps the puppy will be able to drink out of -that.” - -And she did. Yes, Charlie’s Mother put on her hat and coat and she went -to the toy shop. She was not gone five minutes. She hurried so fast, -because she was afraid that the puppy might be hungry. - -When Charlie’s mother came back with the doll’s baby bottle his Auntie -heated some nice warm milk and put it in the bottle, and the puppy -sucked and sucked just like a baby. Yes, he sucked and sucked until he -had drunk all the milk that was in the bottle! - -Then Charlie’s Mother put the puppy into Jane’s basket and Jane got in -also and the puppy snuggled up close to her and went to sleep. - -Topsy was so interested in the baby puppy that he tried to get into -the basket also, but there was no room for him. So he sat outside the -basket and every now and then he patted the puppy with his paw, but -very gently so as not to wake him. - -[Illustration: _The Puppy Drank All the Milk_] - -When Charlie’s Daddy came home in the evening, he was most interested -and most excited to hear that Jane had brought a puppy home to live -with them. - -He said to Charlie, “What are you going to call the puppy? Of course, -he is really Jane’s puppy, but I think Jane means him to be partly -yours, as she brought him home to you on your birthday. Anyway, Jane -cannot choose a name for him that _we_ would understand.” - -So Charlie thought for a minute. Then he said, “I think I will call the -puppy Bingo. The iceman has a dog and _his_ name is Bingo. I think he -is such a nice man, and Bingo is a _beautiful_ name.” - -Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie and his Daddy thought it a beautiful -name too, so the puppy was called Bingo. He slept in a basket with Jane -and Topsy, for Charlie’s Auntie got another basket that was big enough -for the three of them. And he took his meals out of the doll’s baby -bottle. Jane washed him all day long and she was as happy, as happy -could be, now that she had a darling little baby of her own again. In -fact she was as happy as if it was _her_ birthday instead of Charlie’s. - -[Illustration] - - - - -[Illustration] - -CHARLIE LEARNS THE TRAFFIC LAWS - - -Now that Charlie had an automobile, you may be sure that he drove in it -every single day--that is every day that the sun was shining, for, of -course, he could not drive in the automobile when it was raining! - -In the mornings, when his Mother and his Auntie were busy in the -house, Charlie used to drive up and down the garden path; but in the -afternoons, when his Mother and his Auntie went for a walk, he drove -beside them in his automobile, and Bingo always came too. - -Bingo was growing to be a big little puppy--he no longer drank his milk -out of a bottle. Oh, dear, no! Bingo could lap up his milk as well as -any grown-up dog. He had a saucer to himself just like Topsy and Jane, -and Charlie gave him his breakfast every morning and his dinner and his -supper at the same time that he gave Jane and Topsy theirs. - -You may be sure that Charlie enjoyed driving in his automobile with -Bingo prancing beside him. But though Charlie drove his automobile -every morning and every afternoon, he did not really know how to -drive it at all! No indeed! Charlie always wanted to pedal so fast -that he paid no attention to his steering, and the automobile went -_wiggly, wiggly_ all over the place. When he was driving in the garden -Charlie never could keep to the path, he would pedal so fast that the -automobile would run up on the grass and into the flower beds. And -when he was out on the sidewalk with his Mother and his Auntie, the -automobile would zigzag from left to right and from right to left in a -most _pe-cul-iar_ way. - -His Mother and his Auntie said to him again and again, “Don’t pedal so -fast, Charlie. Go slower and try to steer properly, some day you will -crash into a lamppost and maybe break your automobile all to pieces.” -But Charlie did not listen. He just went on pedaling as fast as ever he -could and paid no attention to his steering at all. - -One day his Mother and his Auntie were walking along the sidewalk and -Charlie was driving in front in his automobile, while Bingo pranced -along, sometimes beside Charlie, and sometimes running back to see what -Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie were doing. Charlie was pedaling away -as fast as ever he could and his automobile was going _wiggly, wiggly_ -all over the sidewalk. - -[Illustration] - -Quite a little way in front, an old gentleman was walking, and he -was on the outer edge of the sidewalk, as was right and proper for -him to be. He was looking at his newspaper and he did not know that -Charlie was driving toward him, paying no attention to his steering -and zigzagging from left to right and from right to left again--when -suddenly, Charlie’s automobile went crash! Bang! straight into the old -gentleman! That was dreadful! - -The old gentleman stopped short, and, when he had got his breath, he -said, “Don’t you know that automobiles should keep to the right? Or -is it possible that you are driving an automobile and don’t know the -traffic laws?” - -Of course Charlie apologized very politely to the old gentleman for -bumping into him, and then he had to say that he knew nothing about the -traffic laws at all. This made Charlie feel very much ashamed. - -“Dear me!” said the old gentleman. “That is the most extraordinary -thing I ever heard! To own an automobile, and not to know the traffic -laws!” - -By this time Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie had come up and it was -very surprising--the old gentleman seemed to know them both very well. -He shook hands with them both and said, “This young man has just been -telling me that he does not know the traffic laws, though I have often -watched him out of my window driving his automobile, and the way he -zigzags up and down the pavement would be enough for him to have his -license taken away if a policeman were to see him!” - -Charlie felt very sad when he heard this. He had a beautiful license -number on the back of his automobile and he thought it would be a -dreadful thing if a policeman were to take it away because he did not -know the traffic laws. - -Then the old gentleman said, “I have an automobile of my own, and it -is a big one that runs with gasoline. I would be very glad to take you -for a drive this afternoon and teach you every traffic law there is, if -your Mother will let you come with me. I live quite near here, so we -could start right away.” - -Of course Charlie’s Mother said at once that she would be delighted if -the old gentleman, whose name was Mr. Armstrong, would take Charlie for -a drive in his automobile. - -Suddenly Bingo, who had been jumping around as usual, went straight up -to Mr. Armstrong and stood up on his hind legs as if begging to go too. - -Then Mr. Armstrong said, “Is that your puppy?” And Charlie said, “NO, -that is my _dog_. His name is Bingo! He does not like to be called a -puppy. May he come with us too?” - -Mr. Armstrong looked doubtful. He said, “Bingo looks very much like a -puppy to me, and puppies are apt to get into mischief; but if you are -careful to keep him on his leash and hold on tightly to him, you may -take him with us.” - -You may be sure that Charlie felt very much excited at the thought of -driving in a real automobile and learning the traffic laws just like a -grown-up person. - -He and his Mother and his Auntie went home and put Charlie’s automobile -in the back hall while Mr. Armstrong went round to his garage to get -his automobile. Soon he drove up in it and Charlie climbed in, holding -Bingo firmly by the leash so that he should not get into mischief. - -Mr. Armstrong said that they had better drive downtown as there was -such a lot of traffic there and Charlie would be able to watch the -policeman handle the traffic. On the way Mr. Armstrong told Charlie all -about the traffic laws and the reason for every one. He told him how an -automobile must _never_ pass a street car when it has stopped to let -off passengers, and how an automobile driver must _always_ hold his -arm out when he is going round a corner, so that people crossing the -street can see in which direction he is going. - -[Illustration] - -It was all very interesting and Charlie kept a strict lookout to see if -all the automobiles they passed were observing the traffic laws. - -At last they reached the business section of the city, where there -are so many automobiles and street cars and carts that a policeman -has always to stand in the middle of the road to direct the traffic; -otherwise people would never be able to cross the street in safety at -all. - -Charlie thought that the policeman looked very grand standing all by -himself in the middle of the road. And whenever he blew his whistle, -either the crosstown traffic or the uptown and downtown traffic in turn -was stopped, as if by magic, to let the other have the right of way. -Then the people on the sidewalk all crossed together in a crowd, for -they knew that the automobiles and street cars would not go on again -until the policeman blew his whistle. - -When Mr. Armstrong wanted to stop outside a shop and it was on the -left side of the street, he drove all the way to the next corner and -he waited there until the policeman could let him turn his car around -and drive back so that the shop was on his right and he could stop -his car close to the sidewalk just in front of the shop. It was a -confectioner’s shop and they both went in and Mr. Armstrong ordered -chocolate and sponge cake for them both. It was delicious! While they -were in the confectioner’s Bingo was left tied up in the automobile. He -did not like it at all and he called out “Yap, yap, yap!” at the top of -his lungs until Charlie and Mr. Armstrong came back. - -At last it was time to go home. When they had driven into the main -street again and Charlie was turning his head this way and that, so -as not to miss a single thing that was going on, he was so interested -that he forgot all about Bingo. Indeed, he almost let go of his leash, -he was holding it so loosely--when, suddenly, what do you think? Bingo -gave one yank at the leash and jumped right out of the automobile! Yes, -he did! - -All the automobiles were slowing up for the crossing, and the -policeman was standing quite close, but at any moment he might signal -for them to go on again. - -It was _dreadfully_ dangerous for Bingo to be all by himself in the -middle of that crowded street with automobiles and street cars, and -carts and trucks all moving along. Charlie was so frightened that he -called out, “Mr. Policeman, Mr. Policeman!” and the policeman looked at -him, and he saw Bingo at the same moment and guessed what had happened. - -He blew his whistle three times, and all the automobiles stopped, those -going uptown and downtown, and those going crosstown, they all stopped -_immediately_. Then the policeman tried to catch Bingo, but he was so -frightened that he crawled right under an automobile, and he would not -come out when the policeman called him. - -So the policeman came up to Charlie and said, “You had better come -along with me. If you call your dog, he will know your voice and come -out when you call him.” - -Charlie took the policeman’s hand and they went in and out among the -automobiles and carts and trucks and busses, which were all standing -perfectly still, till they came to the automobile under which Bingo was -hiding. When Bingo saw Charlie and heard him call “Bingo, Bingo!” he -came crawling out and he was so glad to see Charlie that he jumped high -in the air, wagging his tail and barking, “Yap, yap, yap!” - -As soon as Charlie and Bingo were safe in Mr. Armstrong’s automobile, -the policeman blew his whistle and all the traffic, which had been -held up to rescue Bingo, started again. And Charlie held Bingo as -tight as ever he could, so that he should not jump out again. But I -don’t think that Bingo would have done so, even if he could have, he -had been so frightened when he was hiding under the automobile, with -so many trucks and carts and cars around him. And he was right to be -frightened, for he would have been in great danger if the policeman had -not blown his whistle just at the right moment. - -And now Charlie knew for himself how _very_ important the traffic laws -are, for if one single automobile had disobeyed the policeman when he -blew three blasts on his whistle and had not stopped _immediately_, -Bingo might have been run over! - -So, ever after that, when Charlie was in his automobile he was _always_ -careful to follow every one of the traffic laws that he had learned. - -He _never_ pedaled faster than he could steer, and he _always_ kept -on the right side of the pavement so as not to run into people by -accident. When he came to a corner, he _always_ stretched out his arm -to show the direction he was going in. And, when a street car stopped -in the middle of the road to let off passengers, Charlie always -stopped too, until it had gone on again. - -Yes, Charlie followed the traffic laws so carefully that the policeman, -who always stood at the Park gate, noticed it; and he said to him one -day, “As soon as you are sixteen years old, you can come to me, and -I will see that you get a license to drive a _real_ automobile. If -everybody obeyed the traffic laws as well as you do, there would never -be any accidents at all.” - - - - -[Illustration] - -HOW BINGO LOST HIS SPOTS - - -Bingo was a nice little puppy and a dear little puppy. He played with -Charlie and Topsy all day long. He frisked around and barked “Yap, -yap,” for though he was getting to be a big little puppy, he could not -yet say “Bow-wow,” though you may be sure he tried to over and over -again. - -Charlie and Topsy and Bingo had lots of fun playing together and, when -Charlie was playing with them, Topsy and Bingo were always good; but -sometimes, when Topsy and Bingo played alone together, they were as bad -as bad could be and got into all kinds of mischief--especially Bingo. - -Yes, Bingo could think up the _naughtiest_ things to do! He liked to -dig in the flower beds and bury bits of sticks that he pretended were -bones. That was lots of fun for Bingo but very bad for the flowers! And -he liked to go into people’s bedrooms and hide their bedroom slippers -so that they could not find them anywhere. - -But most of all he liked to eat up the carpet in the dining room. Oh, -my goodness! What fun Bingo did have with that carpet! He would hold -one corner in his mouth and he would waggle his tail and scrabble with -his paws and he would growl and growl and he would chew at that carpet -till the wonder was he did not chew it all up. - -Yes, Bingo thought up all these naughty things to do when he was -playing by himself and he also tried to imitate the things that Topsy -did. - -Topsy was very fond of climbing, and he could climb beautifully. He -hardly ever knocked anything down. No indeed! Topsy could jump straight -on to the mantelpiece and walk among the ornaments and not knock a -single one down! - -Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie did not like Topsy to do this. They -were afraid that some day he might throw something down--but he never -did. Bingo thought that he would love to be able to climb like that. -He looked at Topsy with admiring eyes and this made Topsy all the more -anxious to show off. - -Sometimes Topsy would climb up the dining room curtains all the way -to the top, and that made Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie very angry, -because his little sharp claws made scratches on the curtains. Then -they would shake them hard so that Topsy would have to climb down. He -_would not_ learn that he must not do it again. - -For Topsy loved to show off. He knew that he could climb better than -anybody in the house and so he wanted to do it all the time, and the -more he did it the more Bingo wanted to show Topsy that he could climb -as well. But of course he could not. - -One reason was that Bingo could not _jump_ as high as Topsy. A little -dog never _can_ jump as high as a kitten. They are not made that way. -So when Bingo wanted to climb he had to scramble up with his paws and -he always knocked against something or other which would come down with -a crash and a bang and somebody would say, “Oh, you bad Bingo, you have -broken something again!” It was very discouraging. - -One day Charlie and his Mother and his Auntie had gone out. They had -gone downtown to do some shopping so they had decided to leave Bingo at -home, as one cannot very well take a little dog into a department store. - -[Illustration] - -So Topsy and Bingo were left all alone with nobody to look after them -but Jane, and she was not much good, as she was feeling very sleepy and -had gone up to the attic to sleep undisturbed. - -Topsy and Bingo decided that they would have a glorious time with -nobody to interfere with them, no matter what mischief they might be up -to. - -First they went into the dining room and they had a grand time playing -with the rug. This, as you know, was one of Bingo’s favorite games and -he showed Topsy ex-act-ly how to play it--how you pretend that the -rug is a wild animal, and how you grab the end in your mouth and kick -and scrabble with your paws and growl in a low and dreadful voice. -Topsy thought that this was a grand game. He liked the growling part -especially. You should have heard the ferocious growls that Topsy made. -Bingo felt quite frightened, although he knew it was only in fun. - -When they got tired of that game, they went into the kitchen to see -what interesting things they could find to do there. And, of course, -Topsy began to climb--yes, he climbed up on everything in the kitchen -except on the kitchen stove. He was too wise a kitten to do that. He -climbed up on to the window sill and on to the table and on to the -sink. Then he jumped up on to the kitchen dresser and climbed to the -very top shelf, where he walked in and out among the plates, and yet he -did not knock a single one down! Every now and then Topsy looked down -at Bingo and tossed his head, as if to say, “Don’t you wish _you_ could -do it, too?” Bingo was wild with excitement. He jumped up on his hind -legs and barked, “Yap, yap, yap!” in his funny, hoarse little voice. - -At last he _determined_ that he would climb up on the kitchen dresser, -too. Yes, he would climb up to the very top shelf and show Topsy that -he could climb, too! - -There was a chair close to the kitchen dresser and Bingo first managed -to climb up on that, then he scrambled up on to the dresser. He felt -very proud when he looked down to the floor and saw what a height he -had climbed to. Topsy was still up on the top shelf looking down at -him with his head on one side. - -[Illustration] - -Bingo then stood up on his hind legs and he put his paws up on the next -shelf--but, oh, dear! Bingo was unlucky again! He knocked against a -big, round, white tin that had FLOUR written on it in gold letters. And -it toppled right over!--yes, it toppled right over and banged Bingo on -the head, and a lot of white, powdery stuff fell all over him and got -in his eyes. It was awful! - -Poor Bingo did not want to climb any more. He jumped straight off the -kitchen dresser on to the floor, and he ran out of the kitchen with his -little short tail hanging down. He went into the living room and hid -under the sofa--poor Bingo was feeling very unhappy and he wanted to be -alone. - -Soon he heard the front door open and he heard Charlie’s voice in the -hall. Charlie and his Mother and his Auntie had come home. - -Charlie said, “Oh, Mother, look at those funny white tracks all along -the floor. What do you think they can be?” - -His Mother and his Auntie looked, and they said, “How extraordinary! -They look like Bingo’s footprints. I wonder what he can have been up -to.” - -Then Bingo himself came running out into the hall to meet Charlie. He -had forgotten his troubles and he jumped up in the air and barked, -“Yap, yap, yap,” he was so glad that Charlie had come home again. But -when Charlie saw Bingo, he called out in amazement, “Mother, Auntie, -_look_! What has happened to Bingo! He has lost his spots!” - -And it was true. Bingo had lost all his spots! He had lost the black -spot on his head, and the ones on his ears, and the big black spot on -his back, and the little black spot on the end of his stumpy tail! Yes, -Bingo was now white all over without a particle of black anywhere. - -“What have you done to yourself?” said Charlie as he picked him up. -Bingo tried to tell him all about it, as he wriggled and barked and -tried to lick Charlie’s face. And--lo and behold! the black spots began -to show again, first the one on Bingo’s head, then the ones on his -ears, then the big one on his back, and last of all the little one on -his tail. But now it was Charlie who was white--yes, he was white all -down the front of his coat! - -Then Charlie and his Mother and his Auntie followed Bingo’s little -white tracks to where they came from. They wanted to discover what in -the world Bingo had been doing to get himself white all over. Yes, they -followed the tracks all the way to the kitchen, and there they found -the tin of flour lying on the floor near the dresser--and _then_ they -knew what Bingo had been doing while they were out. - -Oh, how Charlie and his Mother and his Auntie did laugh at the idea of -poor, fat, little Bingo trying to climb up on the kitchen dresser, and -knocking the tin of flour all over himself! But they were sorry for -Bingo, too, because they knew how it must have frightened him. - -So Charlie’s Auntie found Bingo’s brush, and she took him out into -the back yard and brushed all the rest of the flour off him--all that -wasn’t on the carpet or the kitchen floor or on Charlie’s coat! And -Charlie’s Mother swept up the flour in the kitchen, and swept the -tracks on the living-room carpet, and she gave Charlie a whisk broom to -brush off the front of his coat. And then she went to the ice box and -got a little bone, and she gave it to Bingo to comfort him. - -So Bingo was happy again after all his troubles--but never again did he -try to climb up on high pieces of furniture, no matter how perky Topsy -looked at him and tried to egg him on. No, Bingo was a wise little -dog now, and when Topsy climbed up on the mantelpiece and looked down -at him, tossing his head as much as to say, “Don’t you wish you could -climb like me?” Bingo would jump in the air and bark, “Yap, yap!” Then -he would stand up on his hind legs and beg--and that was _one_ thing -that Topsy did not know how to do! - -[Illustration] - - - - -CHARLIE RIDES IN THE ENGINE OF A REAL TRAIN - - -One day Charlie and his Mother and his Auntie and Topsy and Bingo and -Jane went to stay in the country. - -It was a very interesting place where they were going to stay in the -country. What do you think? It was the place where Charlie’s Daddy had -lived when he was a little boy! - -Yes, that is where they were going, and, as it was a Saturday, -Charlie’s Daddy was going with them, too. He was not going to live with -them in the country, because on weekdays he had to go to the office -every day. But he said that he would come down _every_ Saturday and -stay in the country till Sunday night. - -So they all went to the railway station in a taxicab. Jane traveled in -a cat basket and Charlie’s Auntie carried her. Topsy also traveled in -a cat basket and Charlie’s Mother carried him, but Bingo had to travel -in the baggage car and he had a ticket all to himself because he was a -dog. Charlie thought that he ought to feel very proud. - -When they got to the station they all went straight through the gate -to the platform, and there the train was waiting for them. It was a -great e-nor-mous train with ever so many coaches. First, Charlie and -his Daddy took Bingo to the baggage car, and the baggage man fastened -Bingo’s leash to the end of a trunk and promised Charlie to be good to -Bingo. - -Then they all got into the day car, and the train gave a loud whistle -and steamed out of the station. My goodness! how fast it went! -Everything just seemed to go flying past. - -[Illustration: _Bingo had to travel in the baggage car_] - -Soon the conductor came walking down the aisle and he took everybody’s -ticket. He was a very grand-looking man; he was tall, and stout, and -he had a beautiful blue uniform on. He soon came to the seat where -Charlie and his Daddy were sitting, and he took the tickets. Yes, the -conductor took all the tickets and he stuck Charlie’s Daddy’s ticket in -his hatband, but as his Mother and his Auntie had no hatbands, he stuck -_their_ tickets into the top of the seat in front of them. Then he took -Charlie’s ticket, and he stuck it in Charlie’s hatband. Charlie felt -very proud, and he would not take his hat off. No, he kept his hat on -all the time because he wanted everybody to see that _he_ had a ticket -in his hatband just like all the other men. - -Then Charlie said to his Daddy, “Daddy, what _ex-act-ly_ makes the -train go?” - -And his Daddy said, “It’s the steam that makes the engine work, and -it is the engineer and the fireman who look after the steam and the -engine.” Then Charlie said, “What I want to know is _ex-act-ly_ what -the fireman and the engineer do when they are making the engine go.” - -But what do you think? His Daddy did not know _ex-act-ly_ what they -did--he said that he had never ridden on an engine in his life, so how -could he know what they did? And Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie did -not know either. That was very surprising. - -Well, after they had been in the big train for about a whole hour, they -came to a station where there were a lot of tracks. This station was -called a junction, because there were so many tracks. - -Some of the tracks went to the North and some to the South and some to -the East and some to the West. The train that Charlie and his Daddy and -his Auntie and his Mother were on was going toward the West; but now -they wanted to go to the North, so they had to change trains and go on -a train that was going toward the _North_. - -The train was already waiting on its own track. It was a very little -train, it had only two coaches! - -Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie and Jane and Topsy got into the train, -and they took Bingo with them, because, as it was such a little -unimportant train, the conductor said that Bingo could travel in the -day coach instead of being tied up in the baggage car, and Bingo was -very glad. But Charlie and his Daddy waited on the platform till it was -time for the train to start, and they looked at all the interesting -things about them. - -Then a man came up. He wore overalls and a peaked cap. And--you -_never_ can guess who it was? It was the _fireman_ who helped work -the engine of the train they were going to take. And what _do_ you -think? The fireman knew Charlie’s Daddy! Yes, the fireman came up to -them, and said to his Daddy, “Hello, Bob!” Bob was his Daddy’s name -that his Mother and his Auntie always called him! And his Daddy said, -“Why--Hello, Bill,” and they shook hands. - -Charlie was _very_ much surprised that the fireman and his Daddy knew -each other, but it was not so very surprising after all. The fireman -lived in the village where Charlie’s Daddy had lived when he was a -little boy, and where Charlie and his Mother and his Auntie were going -to live for a whole month, and his Daddy and the fireman had gone to -the same school when they were little boys! - -Well, the fireman then looked at Charlie, and he said, “And is this -your boy?” - -Then Charlie’s Daddy said, “Yes, this is Charlie, and you are the -very man he wants to meet. Charlie wants to know _ex-act-ly_ what the -fireman and the engineer do to make the train go--and he can’t find -anybody who knows. So go ahead and tell him all about it.” - -But the fireman said, “I can do better than that. Suppose you and -Charlie take a ride on the engine with me; then he can see everything -with his own eyes, and learn all there is to know in case he wants to -be a fireman himself.” - -Yes, the fireman _ac-tu-al-ly_ said those words! And Charlie’s Daddy -said, “That will be fine. I’ll just go and tell Charlie’s Mother and -his Auntie what has become of us, so that they won’t worry.” - -And he did so. Then the fireman, and Charlie and his Daddy all got -into the cab, which is back of the engine, where the engineer and the -fireman sit. - -The engineer was already sitting in his place, which is on the right of -the cab. He was very pleased to meet Charlie and his Daddy, but he said -that after the train had started he would not be able to speak a word -to anybody, and nobody must speak to him. Yes, nobody must _ever_ speak -to the engineer when he is driving the engine, because if anybody spoke -to the engineer it might distract his attention and then the train -might be wrecked! - -All the time that the train is going the engineer has to sit on his -seat with his hand on the throttle, which is the thing that makes the -train stop in a hurry, and all the time he has to look out of the -window to see what the signals say, and to see that there is nothing on -the track ahead of him. - -If he sees a green signal on the signal post that means that the -engine can go straight ahead, but if the signal is red, then it means -“Stop”--and the engineer presses on the throttle, and the train stops. - -The engineer told all this to Charlie while they were waiting for the -train to start. Then the engineer got the signal from the man on the -platform; he blew the whistle, and the train started, and he could not -say another word. - -Well, the fireman’s place is on the left side of the cab, and Charlie’s -Daddy sat between him and the window, and Charlie sat on his Daddy’s -knee. - -The fireman has to work very hard, but when he is not working he can -talk if he wants to. This fireman was very kind, and, when he was not -working, he explained everything to Charlie and his Daddy--but all the -time he was ex-plain-ing he had to keep looking out of the window, too, -in case he should see anything that the engineer did not see. There are -a great many windows in the cab of an engine--it has windows all round, -because it is so _very important_ that the engineer and the fireman -shall see all that there is to see. - -Well, I will now tell you what the fireman was doing all the time that -Charlie and his Daddy were riding on the engine with him. - -In front of the fireman was the steam gauge, which is a round thing -like a clock, and it has a hand like a clock hand, too, and the steam -makes the hand move--so that you can see how much steam is coming out -of the boiler. When the steam is getting low the hand drops, and when -the hand of the gauge drops to 150 the fireman knows it is time to put -more coal in the fire box. - -Every time that the hand of the gauge dropped to 150 the fireman got -up and opened a little door in the back of the cab, which opened right -into the fire box, so that you could see the fire all red and glowing, -and the fireman scooped a great shovel full of coal into it. The -fireman told Charlie that it was _very_ important how one shovels the -coal into the fire box. It has to be shoveled very evenly, so that it -is not all black with coal in one place and all red hot with embers in -another place. Yes, the fireman told Charlie that it needs a lot of -practice before one can shovel the coal in just _ex-act-ly_ right. - -Then the fireman also had to watch the water gauge, which shows how -much water there is in the boiler. - -When he saw by the water gauge that the water was getting low in the -boiler, then the fireman had to turn a valve, which is a sort of handle -that starts a pump working, and the pump pumps water into the boiler. - -Charlie very much wanted to turn the valve himself, but the fireman -said, “No,” that it needed a whole lot of practice before one could -pump water into the tank--as it was _very_ important just how much -water to pump. If too much cold water is pumped into the boiler it -might cool the water already in the boiler so that no more steam would -come out--and then the train would stop! - -Do you think that the fireman on an engine is a busy man? Indeed he is! - -But that is not all that the fireman has to do. Oh, dear, no! The -fireman has a lot more work to do. - -When the train is coming to a steep place--and there were a lot of -steep places on the railroad that Charlie was traveling on--the fireman -has to make the fire _red hot_, so that lots and lots of steam can come -out of the boiler. He makes the fire get hotter and hotter until the -steam gets so strong that the “safety valve” pops off--and this shows -the engineer that there is enough steam to push the train up the steep -place. Yes, you can see that it would need a lot of extra steam to push -a train up a steep, high hill. - -The fireman also has to blow a whistle, whenever the train comes to a -crossing or to the station. And when they got to the last stop--which -was the village where Charlie and his Mother and his Auntie and Bingo -and Topsy and Jane were going to live for a whole month--the fireman -let Charlie blow the whistle himself! Yes, he did, and you should have -heard what a loud whistle Charlie blew. - -Well, at last they had come to the end of their journey, and Charlie -certainly had learned a whole lot about engines. Yes, Charlie had -learned a whole lot more than most people know. Of course he told his -Mother and his Auntie about everything, so that they, too, should know -all about what the fireman and the engineer do to make the train go. - -And Charlie said, “Now, when I get home to the city I will be able to -play with my train in _just_ the right way. I will be able to play that -I am the fireman and the engineer, and I will know _ex-act-ly_ what -they do, and I will practice and practice being a fireman so that I can -be one when I grow up!” - - - - -[Illustration] - -BINGO AND THE ANGRY ROOSTER - - -I told you in the last story how Charlie and his Mother and his Auntie -and his Daddy and Topsy and Bingo and Jane all went to the country -together. And how Charlie rode on the engine, which he liked very much, -but Topsy and Jane had to travel in baskets, which they did not like at -all, and Bingo had to travel all by himself in the baggage car, and he -did not like that either. - -But when at last they arrived at the farm where they were going to -stay for a whole month, Charlie opened the baskets and let Jane and -Topsy out, and he unfastened Bingo’s leash, and they all went exploring -together. _Then_ Jane and Topsy and Bingo were delighted. They liked -the country _tre-men-dous-ly_, and the longer they stayed the more they -liked it. - -There were so many delightful things for cats and dogs to do, which -they could not do in the city. Instead of long straight roads with -automobiles dashing past all the time, there were fields and meadows to -run around in. There were tall trees for Topsy to climb and nice muddy -puddles for Bingo to roll in, and Jane could go out for long walks by -herself without ever meeting anything dangerous. - -Charlie always got up very early when he was in the country because he -liked to see the cows milked, and Topsy and Bingo and Jane liked to -see the cows milked also. Charlie always carried three little bowls -down to the barn, and the farmer filled them with milk straight from -the cow, so that Topsy and Bingo and Jane could have their breakfast -without waiting. This interested them all three very much, because they -knew that at home their milk always came out of a milk bottle which had -been left at the front door by the milkman. - -All the time that Charlie was in the country he was allowed to run -around in the fields and meadows all by himself, and of course Topsy -and Bingo followed him wherever he went. It would take a whole book by -itself to tell you _all_ the delightful things that they did together. - -Now, wouldn’t you think that Bingo, with all the big countryside to -play in, and ever so many interesting things to do all day long, would -have been able to keep out of mischief at least as long as he was in -the country? But no, he could not. You see, puppies nearly always -_are_ in mischief--they are made that way. So Bingo often went off by -himself and thought of nice, mischievous things to do. - -One of the things that Bingo liked to do more than anything else was to -go and bark at the chickens. That was very naughty of him, and Charlie -always stopped him when he found him doing it. But often Bingo would -slip away from Charlie and dash down to the chicken house and bark, -“Yap, yap, yap!” He loved to see the hens running this way and that, -clucking loudly and calling all the little chickens who came running -to hide themselves under their Mother’s wings. Bingo enjoyed this -tremendously and never tired of the naughty game. Of course he never -hurt any of the chickens or the hens. Bingo was a dear, nice, little -puppy and he would never do a thing like that, but he _did_ like to -watch them running around and saying, “Cluck, cluck, cluck, CLUCK!” -Yes, it amused Bingo very much. - -One day Charlie was busy helping the lady at the farm to make the -butter. This is a very interesting thing to do. Bingo watched Charlie -for a while thumping away with the dasher, but soon he got tired of -watching and not doing anything himself, so he decided that he would go -and play with the chickens. - -He began to bark before he got there, and the hens began to cluck, -cluck, cluck, and the chickens ran this way and that way and scrambled -under their Mother’s wings. - -Bingo was so busy with his barking that he did not notice that there -was a newcomer among the hens. This was a big white rooster that the -farmer had brought home from the fair the night before. - -He was an ENORMOUS rooster. He had won a prize at the fair because -he was so big. When Bingo jumped in among the hens, they were all -so scared that they ran around and said, “Cluck, cluck, cluck, -CLUCK.” But the rooster was not a bit scared--no, indeed, he was -most _indignant_. He opened his beak, and Bingo heard a TREMENDOUS -sound--“Ooka-ooka-ooka-ooooooooo! ooka-ooka-ooka-ooooooooo! -ooka-ooka-ooka-ooooooooo!” And the rooster sprang up in the air, and -flapped his wings, and rushed at Bingo! - -Bingo was so startled that he jumped backwards toward the chicken -house, and the rooster dashed after him. All the hens came hurrying -up and the chickens, too, saying, “Cluck, cluck, cluck, CLUCK.” They -seemed to be on every side! Poor Bingo was terribly frightened, as well -he might be--because the rooster was really very much annoyed, and he -would have pecked Bingo if he had caught him. - -But he did not catch him. Just in the nick of time, Bingo saw the -chicken house, and he just managed to scramble in at the door before -the rooster caught him--he was safe. - -Yes, he was safe, but he had to stay there! The rooster did not -quite like to go in after Bingo (you see Bingo was really very -nearly as big as the rooster), but he determined to keep Bingo -a prisoner. He strutted solemnly up and down in front of the -chicken-house door, and every time that Bingo would try to come out -he would crow, “Ooka-ooka-ooka-ooooooooo! ooka-ooka-ooka-ooooooooo! -ooka-ooka-ooka-ooooooooo!” and scare Bingo so that he decided to stay -where he was. - -Poor Bingo! it seemed to him that he had been hours and hours in the -chicken house. He wondered if he would ever get out again. He was sure -that it was long past his dinner hour, he felt so _dreadfully_ hungry. -Poor Bingo was a very unhappy little dog. - -[Illustration: _The rooster kept Bingo a prisoner_] - -At last Charlie had finished helping the farm lady make the butter. -They had taken it out of the churn, and the farm lady had put it in a -big wooden bowl and beaten it with wooden butter paddles so that all -the butter milk was squeezed out. She had given Charlie some butter in -a smaller bowl so that he could finish making some of the butter all by -himself. The farm lady had promised him that they should have it on the -dinner table and surprise his Mother and his Auntie. - -But it wasn’t dinner time yet, so Charlie ran into the garden to -play with Bingo--and there was no Bingo to be seen! He called -Bingo, but Bingo did not come. Then he decided to go down to the -big barn to look for him. As he passed near the chicken house he -heard a _tre-men-dous_ commotion--“Cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, -CLUCK,” “Ooka-ooka-ooka-oooooooooo, ooka-ooka-ooka-oooooooooo, -ooka-ooka-ooka-ooooooooo” ... Bingo had been trying to get out again! - -Then Charlie said, “Shoo, shoo, shoo!” and the hens and even the -rooster all got out of the way, and Bingo was free again! Oh, how glad -he was! He jumped, and pranced, and followed Charlie to the kitchen, -where his dinner was waiting for him. - -But never again did Bingo bark at the chickens and chase them. He no -longer thought it an amusing game. In fact Bingo never went near that -chicken house again, he was so afraid of that terrible rooster. - -[Illustration] - - - - -CHARLIE DELIVERS MAIL FOR THE STAGE DRIVER - - -Well, I can tell you that Charlie and Topsy and Bingo liked living in -the country very much. There were so many interesting things to do, and -so many interesting people to talk to, and every single thing in the -country was different from what it was in the city. - -Charlie had different things to eat, and he wore different clothes. You -never can guess what kind of clothes Charlie wore when he was in the -country! Charlie wore blue denim overalls, just like the farm workers, -and his Mother bought them for him at the country store, which is -_ex-act-ly_ where the farm workers bought theirs! - -One day Charlie ran out to the gate before breakfast to mail a letter -for his Auntie. In the country there are no post boxes at every corner -as there are in the city. Oh, no! When Charlie wanted to mail a letter -he just had to go down to the gate and put it in the box that was -fastened outside; then he had to take out an old red tobacco tin that -was inside the mail box, tied to it by a string, and leave it hanging -outside the box, so that the mailman would see it when he went past -and know that there was a letter for the mail. If he did not see the -tobacco tin hanging out, the stage driver would not stop at all--so it -was very important not to forget to hang the tobacco tin out. - -Well, Charlie got to the gate just as the stage driver was driving up. -When he saw Charlie standing there, he said, “Hello, good morning.” And -Charlie said, “Hello, good morning,” too. Then he said, “Are you the -postman?” The stage driver laughed. “We-e-ll, I reckon that you can -say that’s what I am, though folks here about call me the stage driver.” - -“That is very interesting,” said Charlie. “Do you know, in the city the -postman wears a gray cap and coat and trousers and he does not drive a -cart, he has to walk?” - -The stage driver was most surprised. “Is that so?” he said. “Well, I -reckon there’s lots of things they do differently in the city, and you, -being a city boy, must surely know all about it. I certainly would like -to hear about city ways. Supposing you ask your Mother if she would let -you drive with me this afternoon when I take the afternoon mail up; -then you can show me how they deliver mail in the city.” - -Oh, my goodness, but Charlie was excited! He ran to the house so fast -that he puffed and he blowed, and, as he ran, he called out, “Mother, -Auntie! The stage driver says that I can go with him and give out the -letters just like a real postman in the city! He says that I can go -this afternoon, if you say yes. Oh, Mother, oh, Auntie, I _can_ go, -can’t I?” - -Of course his Mother and his Auntie were _de-light-ed_ when they heard -that Charlie was to go and help deliver the mail just like a real -postman, and of course they both said “Yes,” that Charlie might go. - -Well, the very minute that Charlie had finished his dinner, he said -very politely, “Please excuse me, I don’t want to keep the stage driver -waiting.” Then the lady where they were boarding and his Mother and his -Auntie said, “Yes,” he might be excused. - -So Charlie got his hat and his whistle, which belonged to his sailor -suit, because he knew he would need it as he was going to be a -postman--and he ran down to the gate as fast as ever he could. No, -Charlie did not keep the stage driver waiting. It was Charlie who had -to wait for the stage driver! - -But at last he came driving down the road and, when he saw Charlie -waiting at the gate, he said, “Hello, young man, so you are coming with -me. That’s fine! Hop in.” - -So Charlie hopped in and he showed the stage driver his whistle and how -he was going to blow it just like a real city postman. - -The stage driver said, “First we are going to the station to get the -mail;” and he clicked with his whip and said, “Gid ap, gid ap!” to -the horses, and they _did_ “gid ap,” and their bells jingled as they -trotted along the road. - -The station was a long way off from the farm where Charlie and his -Mother and his Auntie were staying, but the horses trotted so quickly, -so quickly, that they got there before the train did. - -Charlie and the stage driver got down, and the stage driver hitched the -horses to the post, and then they both went on to the platform to wait -for the train. - -Everybody in the station talked to Charlie--even the station master and -the man in the ticket office--and they said, “Is this the new stage -driver?” The stage driver said, “No; this boy is the new postman and he -is going to deliver the mail for me.” - -You can believe that Charlie felt proud and important when he heard -them talk like that. - -At last the train came in, and it was the same train that had carried -Charlie and his Mother and his Auntie and his Daddy and Topsy and Bingo -and Jane to the country. Yes, it was the very same train and the very -same engine that Charlie had ridden on, and the fireman was there, and -he looked out of the cab and called out, “Hello, Charlie!” - -Well, the stage driver went to the baggage car and a lot of men were -unloading packages, and there was one great big sack. - -Charlie asked what was in that great big sack--and the stage driver -told him that was the mail. Yes, all the letters that Charlie was going -to deliver were stuffed into that great big sack! - -So the stage driver got the mail bag and the packages on to the stage. -The stage driver carried all the big packages and Charlie carried all -the little ones. - -Then the stage driver said, “Gid ap!” and off they went again. First -they went to the post office and waited there a long time. They had to -wait till the postmaster had taken out of the mail sack all the mail -for the people who lived near the post office and who had to come and -get their mail for themselves. But at last the postmaster had finished -_his_ job, and it was time for Charlie and the stage driver to begin -theirs. - -This, of course, was the interesting part of the drive. The stage -rattled along the road, the horses went so fast; and at last they came -to a house and the horses stopped of their own accord. - -The stage driver gave Charlie some letters and told him to go and -deliver them. - -So Charlie climbed down from the stage and he blew his whistle, one, -two, three times--but nobody came to the gate to get the letters from -the postman. No, even though Charlie blew again and again, nobody came -at all. - -Then the stage driver said, “I reckon the folks at this farm are not -used to city postmen. I reckon they don’t even _know_ that that whistle -means that there is mail for them. You had better just slip the letters -in the box, the way we do in these parts, and we’ll drive on to the -next farm.” - -So Charlie did as the stage driver said. He had to stand on tiptoe -because the box was so high. He felt a little sad that nobody had come -to get the letters from him--but it was fun putting the letters in the -box. - -Then they drove on to the next farm. This time there were a whole lot -of letters and a parcel, too. Charlie carried the parcel himself, as it -was a little one. He said to the stage driver, “Perhaps I had better -not blow my whistle this time.” But the stage driver said, “Oh, go -ahead and blow your whistle, you know you are a city postman and you -must do as they do.” - -So Charlie blew on his whistle--he blew a TREMENDOUS blast, and he blew -again and again. And--what do you think? - -The farmer who was in the field, hoeing potatoes, threw down his hoe -and he came running, as fast as he could run, to see what Charlie’s -whistle meant. - -And the farmer’s wife, who was in the kitchen frying doughnuts, the -minute she heard Charlie’s whistle, threw down her cooking spoon and -ran out of the kitchen door to see what Charlie’s whistle meant. - -And the cat, who was sleeping on a rocking chair on the porch, sprang -straight up in the air when she heard the whistle; and _she_ came -tearing down to the gate to see _what in the world_ all that whistling -meant. - -And the watch dog, who was tied up outside his kennel--he jumped and -pranced and tried to get loose because _he_ wanted to find out what all -that whistling meant! - -And they all came rushing down to the gate, except the dog, and when -they saw Charlie with the parcel and the letters--my goodness, they -were surprised! - -The farmer said, “Well, well, to think that we have a postman just the -same as they have in the city--well! well!” and he shook hands with -Charlie. - -Then the farmer’s wife said, “Mr. Stage Driver, couldn’t you wait a -minute while I run into the house and get a doughnut apiece for you and -the postman?” The stage driver thought that would be very nice--so -the farmer’s wife brought the doughnuts and they were _delicious_. - -[Illustration: _Charlie blew a tremendous blast_] - -Then they said, “Good-by” to the nice farmer and his wife and thanked -her for the delicious doughnuts, and off they went to the next farm. -Charlie blew his whistle, and he blew his whistle every single time -they came to a farm, but nobody else came to the gate to see what was -the matter; so Charlie put the letters in the box every time. - -Soon they came to a long stretch of road where there were no houses at -all, and Charlie and the stage driver could talk together without being -interrupted every minute by Charlie having to deliver letters. - -Charlie told the stage driver all about the city and about his Mother -and his Auntie and his Daddy, and about Jane and Topsy and Bingo, and -about the iceman and the postman, and the letter boxes that are at the -corner of the streets where you mail your letters. - -Then the stage driver told Charlie all about the country and what an -important person the stage driver is when he lives in the country--even -more important than the postman. For the stage driver not only brings -letters, and parcels for birthdays or Christmas, he brings _everything_ -that the people in the country need--clothes, and furniture, and -medicine--every single thing that they use, except what they grow -themselves. - -Everything is sent from the city by the train in great big packages. -And the stage driver puts the packages on to the stage, and carries -some of them to the country store, where the people can come and buy -the things they want--but some of the things go directly to the farmers -who live too far from the country store. - -Charlie thought this very interesting. There were a whole lot of -questions that he wanted to ask. But now they had come to another -farm and there was a great big package all ready at the gate! - -[Illustration: _Charlie and the stage driver talked together_] - -The stage driver got down and put it on to the stage. Charlie was much -surprised. He said, “I thought you brought packages _to_ people, I did -not know that you took any away.” - -Then the stage driver said, “I reckon you can’t guess what is inside -_this_ package and where it is going to be sent. Why, this package is -full of maple sugar, and it is going to be sent to the city because -people could not get maple sugar in the city unless the people in the -country sent it to them. This package is going to a big store in the -city, and when you go back home, maybe you and your Mother will go into -the store and buy a pound of this very same maple sugar that is in this -package!” - -Yes, that is what the stage driver said, and Charlie was so interested -and surprised that the stage driver started to surprise him some more. - -“See all those pretty blossoms on the apple trees. Well, by Fall they -will all have turned into apples. Then the farmer will gather them off -the trees, and he will put them in sacks, and I will take them to the -station on my stage and load them on to the train, and they will be -taken to the city, where you city folks will buy them. Same thing with -the wheat growing in the fields, and the vegetables, and everything -the farmer raises. Everything that he doesn’t need for his own use the -farmer sends to the city, first by the stage driver and then by the -train.” - -My goodness! This gave Charlie a lot to think about! He said, “I think -that trains and mail stages are the most interesting things in the -world. I will either be a stage driver or a fireman when I grow up, and -I will take things to the country people that _they_ need and bring -back things to the city people that _they_ need.” - -By this time _all_ the letters and _all_ the packages had been -delivered. And the stage driver was driving back the way they came. - -At last they came to the farm where Charlie was staying. And the stage -driver said, “Here is one more letter for you to deliver, and then your -job will be finished. You have been a great help to me to-day. I think -you are a fine postman and I hope you will come with me another day and -deliver the mail for me. This letter is for your Mother.” - -So Charlie thanked the stage driver and climbed down from the stage. -He ran all the way to the house; then he rang the bell and blew his -whistle just as the postman did at home. And who do you think opened -the door? It was his Mother. - -She said, “Good afternoon, Postman, have you a letter for me?” And -Charlie said, “Yes, ma’am,” just like the postman. Then he couldn’t -help laughing, and he forgot that he was the postman, and he hugged his -Mother and said, “Is it a letter from Daddy?” - -And it _was_. Yes, it was a letter from Daddy, and what do you think? -The letter said that Daddy found that after all he would be able to get -away from the city--and that he would arrive on Friday afternoon, and -Charlie was to be sure to come and meet him. - -Then Charlie’s Mother hugged him again for bringing her such a nice -letter and his Auntie came downstairs, Topsy and Bingo prancing after -her. Bingo jumped up and down and Topsy climbed on to Charlie’s -shoulder, and they all listened to the adventures he had had that -afternoon when he was a postman. - - - - -[Illustration] - -CHARLIE MAKES A POOL AND SAILS HIS BOAT - - -All the time that Charlie and his Mother and his Auntie were living in -the country Charlie’s Daddy came down every single Saturday to visit -them, and he stayed in the country with them until Sunday night, when -he had to go back to the city. And every Saturday, when Charlie’s Daddy -came to visit them in the country, he _always_ brought a present for -everybody! - -One Saturday Charlie’s Daddy came and he brought Charlie’s Mother a -basket of peaches, and he brought his Auntie a box of candy, and he -brought Bingo a ball, and he brought Jane and Topsy a catnip mouse--and -what do you think he brought for Charlie? I will tell you. Charlie’s -Daddy brought Charlie a sailboat! It was a beautiful boat, painted -white with a green water line. It had a mast and two sails. His Daddy -told Charlie that the big sail at the back is called the _mainsail_ and -that the stick that holds it out at the bottom is called the _boom_; -and that the little three-cornered sail in front is called the _jib_ -and the stick to which it is fastened is called the _bowsprit_. - -Of course Charlie’s Daddy did not say “the front and back” of the ship -either. Oh, dear, no! Charlie’s Daddy called the front part of the ship -the _bow_, and he called the back part the _stern_, and the bottom of -the ship he called the _keel_--and, I can tell you, _nobody ought to -own a ship who does not know these things_. - -Well, of course, the very first thing that Charlie wanted to do was to -go and sail his boat--but what do you think? The brook was so shallow -and full of stones that there was no place deep enough to sail the boat -at all! That was very sad. - -Charlie and his Daddy walked a long way beside the brook looking for a -pool where the water was deeper, but they could not find one. - -Then Charlie’s Daddy said, “Well, unless some rain comes to make the -brook get deeper, I guess you’ll have to wait to sail your boat till -you come back to town and can sail it in the bath tub. As long as you -are in the country you will have to say that the boat is in ‘dry dock.’” - -But what do you think? Charlie didn’t even know what a dry dock _is_. -No, his Daddy had to explain to him all about it--how the ship is put -into “dry dock” when it has to be mended or painted below the water -line. First the ship sails into the dock, and then the dock is closed -up behind the ship and all the water is pumped out and the ship is -propped up straight with props from each side of the dock. - -So Charlie and his Daddy made a dry dock for his ship on the bureau in -his room. They made the dock of books, and propped the ship up straight -with blocks on each side of the keel. The ship looked very beautiful on -the bureau, but Charlie _did_ wish that he could sail it and that he -did not have to keep it in “dry dock” all the time. - -One day, when his Daddy had gone back to town, Charlie and his Mother -and his Auntie went for a walk. - -They went for a new walk. Instead of just going along the road, they -thought it would be interesting to follow the creek. So they climbed a -wall and followed the creek through the fields and into a wood which -was “private property”; but there was a sign which said people could -walk there if they did not do any damage. - -Then they came to a place where there was a stone wall built right -across the creek from side to side and above the stone wall was a great -_e-nor-mous_ pool! And the water pounded over the stone wall like a -waterfall. The pool was very deep and wide, but above the pool the -creek was all stony and shallow again. - -Charlie was very much interested. He said, “Why is that stone wall -built across the creek, and what makes that pool so deep and broad when -the rest of the creek is shallow and narrow?” - -Then his Mother explained to Charlie all about it. She explained to -him that the pool was a swimming pool, and that the stone wall built -across the creek from side to side was a _dam_. The dam keeps the water -in like a basin until it gets as deep as the dam is high and then the -water flows over the top. - -Charlie was _very much interested_ when he heard this. He said to his -Mother, “Can anybody build a dam?” - -And of course his Mother said that anybody could. She said that you -only had to heap a lot of mud and stones together just below where you -wanted the pool to be, and just as high as you wanted the pool to be -deep. - -Oh, my goodness! Charlie _was_ excited then. I wonder if you can guess -what he said? - -I will tell you. Charlie said, “Mother, Auntie, I want to go home -_im-me-di-ate-ly_, I AM GOING TO BUILD A DAM! Yes, I am going to -build a dam across the brook and make a great ENORMOUS pool to sail -my boat in.” Of course his Mother and his Auntie said they would go -home immediately when they heard that Charlie was going to do such an -important thing. - -So they did go home, and Charlie put on his overalls and he ran down to -the brook and began to work at his dam. - -First he found a place where the brook was a little wider and where the -banks were quite steep. Then he started scooping out the stones at the -bottom of the brook, so that there would be no rocks for his boat to -get wrecked on. - -You may be sure that Bingo and Topsy were very much interested in what -Charlie was doing. Yes, they both came and watched him awhile. Then -Topsy began to dig a hole in the grass--he wanted to show that _he_ -could dig a hole just as well as Charlie could. Bingo tried to dig a -hole, too, but he soon got tired of it and ran around and barked, “Yap, -yap!” He wanted Charlie and Topsy to come and play with him. - -But Charlie was much too busy to pay any attention to Bingo. He just -went on bending over the brook, digging out the stones until he had the -bottom of the brook, where his pool was going to be, nicely cleaned -out. Then he started to work on the dam. - -First Charlie hunted around until he had got together a nice lot of -flat stones, and he began to pile them up one on top of the other, and -he went on piling them up until the dam went right across the brook -from bank to bank. - -At first the water paid no attention to Charlie’s dam at all. It just -went on flowing through the chinks between the stones, just as if -there were not any dam there at all! But Charlie piled up great banks -of mud, and put in more big stones and then little stones to fill the -chinks--and at last the water began to rise! - -Yes, the water rose, and it rose until it was a nice big pool and came -up to the top of the banks on both sides, and then it began to dribble -over the top of the dam. So Charlie knew that the dam was finished! Of -course the water in the pool was _dreadfully_ muddy, but Charlie did -not mind a bit. Why should he, when the pool was so nice and wide and -deep? Yes, it was so deep that it came all the way up to his knees! - -Then Charlie saw his Mother and his Auntie walking across the field -from the house. They had come to see how Charlie was getting along with -his dam. - -And, my goodness, how astonished they were when they saw that Charlie -had _ac-tu-al-ly_ finished the dam and what a huge big pool he had made! - -But both his Mother and his Auntie could not help laughing when they -saw how Charlie was all covered with mud. He had mud all over the front -of his overalls, and on his hands, and there was a big splash of mud -on the end of his nose! - -Then his Mother said, “Now, Charlie, dinner will soon be ready, so you -must hurry home and wash your face and hands, and put on a clean suit. -Then after dinner you may sail your boat in your beautiful big pool.” - -So Charlie ran to the house, and he washed his face, and he scrubbed -his hands, and he put on a clean blue sailor suit, and he ate his -dinner. - -Then he gave Topsy and Bingo and Jane their dinner. And then--he and -his Mother and his Auntie went down to the pool to sail the boat. And, -what do you think? The mud had all settled at the bottom of the pool -while Charlie was eating his dinner, and the pool was as clear as glass -so that you could see to the very bottom and you could see the dam that -Charlie had built. - -Then Charlie launched his boat. The pool was deep enough--but the boat -did not sail quite well even yet. No, the boat leaned a little to one -side and, when a gust of wind came, it would have turned right over if -Charlie had not caught hold of the mast just in time. - -Charlie felt very sad that his boat would not sail properly when he had -built such a beautiful pool for it. - -But his Auntie said, “Cheer up, Charlie, I know exactly what is the -matter with the boat so that it will not sail, and it can be fixed so -that it will sail _beautifully_. The trouble is that the boat has not -enough _ballast_. That means that the masts and the sails are too heavy -for the keel. But if we nail a strip of lead along the bottom of the -keel the boat will stay upright and will not lean to one side.” - -Well, Charlie and his Auntie took the boat and went to the barn, where -the farmer was mending his mowing machine. - -And his Auntie asked the farmer if he knew where they could get a strip -of lead to nail to the keel of Charlie’s boat. - -The farmer said, “Right here I have all the lead that you can use.” And -he cut off a strip of lead just the size of the keel. Then the farmer -also gave Charlie some interesting-looking nails that he said could be -just the thing to nail the lead to the keel. They were crooked nails -that folded over and looked just like tiny croquet hoops. - -Then Charlie’s Auntie took the mast and sails off, and she hammered the -nails over the lead so that it was fastened to the keel of the boat. -Then she put the masts and sails back. Don’t you think that she was a -clever Auntie? Yes, indeed, she was. - -So they went back to the pool again, where Charlie’s Mother was waiting -to see if the boat would sail right _this_ time. - -[Illustration: _The boat sailed beautifully_] - -And what do you think? _It did!_ Yes, the boat sailed beautifully, it -sailed right away to the other side of the brook, and when Charlie -turned the rudder to the right the boat turned in the opposite -direction and sailed right back again! - -Yes, that boat could do everything that a real boat does, and when the -wind blew hard it keeled over to one side but it did not capsize. No, -nothing could make that boat capsize. Even when Bingo stood upon his -hind legs and tried to catch it when it went sailing past, he fell -splash into the pool and made a great ENORMOUS wave, just like the -waves in the middle of the ocean--_still_ that boat did not capsize. - -Well, every day after that Charlie sailed his boat in the pool. He made -a dock for it, with stones, and he put grass and pebbles on the deck -for the cargo, which he loaded and unloaded at the dock, and the boat -sailed from side to side of the pool. When the boat got to the other -side Charlie would jump across the brook where it was narrow and turn -the rudder so that the boat would turn right round and sail back again -to the dock. - -Yes, Charlie had more fun than I can tell you playing with his boat. -And Topsy and Bingo played, too; they jumped across the brook backwards -and forwards and they tried to catch the boat as it sailed past. And, -Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie liked to help Charlie sail his boat; -yes, they enjoyed watching it sail so beautifully before the wind. - -And--on Saturday, when Charlie’s Daddy came down to visit them all--my -goodness! he was surprised and _de-light-ed_ to see the dam and the -pool that Charlie had made all by himself, and to see how beautifully -the boat sailed, with its sails blown out by the wind, and with its -cargo of grass and pebbles piled up on deck. - -Yes, Charlie’s Daddy thought that Charlie was a very clever boy to have -made that dam and that pool all by himself--and I think so, too. - - - - -[Illustration] - -CHARLIE BUILDS A REAL HOUSE - - -Well, the days passed and passed--and at last it was time for Charlie -to go back to the city. He said “Good-by” to the stage driver and to -the postmaster and to the man at the country store and to the lady at -the farm, where he and his Mother and his Auntie lived while they were -in the country. And he said “Good-by” to the cows and to the chickens -and to the baby pigs. - -Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie packed the suitcase and the trunk and -put Topsy into his basket, and he did not like it at all and said -“Miaouw, miaouw!” And Jane was put into _her_ basket and _she_ did not -like it either, but she was a good cat and she did not say a word. -Then Charlie put the leash on Bingo’s collar and they all climbed into -the surrey, which is a two-seated carriage, and they all drove to the -station. Then they all got on to the train and off they went to the -city. - -This time there was another fireman, as Charlie’s friend was having a -day off, so Charlie did not ride on the engine _this_ time; no, _this_ -time he rode in the day coach with his Mother and his Auntie and Topsy -and Bingo and Jane. - -Charlie was feeling rather sad that he had to leave the country and -all his new friends, but as the train steamed farther and farther away, -he began to think that it was rather nice to be going back to the city -after all. - -It would be nice to see his Daddy again and the iceman--and he wanted -to tell the postman all about the stage driver and how letters -are delivered in the country. And Charlie wanted to see his house -again, where he lived, and the garden and his electric train and his -automobile and his great _e-nor-mous_ flashlight. Yes, Charlie began to -feel very glad that he was going home again. - -And--when Charlie _did_ get home, what do you think he found? Why, -Charlie found that something _most_ interesting and ex-cit-ing had been -happening while he was away in the country. Some builders had started -to build a house on the other side of the road, and he could sit on his -own front gate and watch them build. - -[Illustration: _Charlie Watched the Builders_] - -The builders had already built quite a lot of the house, and in front -of what they had built was a big pile of bricks and also a pile of sand -and quicklime to make mortar of. - -It was late in the afternoon, so the builders had stopped working, -but Charlie wanted to stay right there and look at everything. But -his Mother and his Auntie said, “No.” They said that it was getting -late and Charlie must come right in and have his supper and go to bed. -To-morrow he could watch the builders build as much as ever he wanted -to. - -So the next day Charlie ran out _immediately_ after breakfast. The -builders were already at work--they were working hard, putting the -bricks on top of each other. Charlie saw how they put each brick on -top of two others, he saw how they did it _very carefully_ so that the -brick was _ex-act-ly_ in the middle of the two below it. Then he saw -how carefully the builders put the mortar on with a flat, wide knife, -so that none of the mortar dripped over the edge of the bricks but made -a nice straight line up and across. And, because the bricks were laid, -one in the middle of the two below, the white line of the mortar made a -most interesting design. - -Charlie was _ab-so-lute-ly_ fascinated, he thought that he would -_never_ get tired of watching those builders build. - -Then Topsy and Bingo came out to see what Charlie was doing and to -get him to play with them, but Charlie was _much_ too interested in -watching the house being built, so he paid no attention at all. No, he -paid no attention to Topsy and Bingo, but went on watching the builders -build the house. - -After a while one of the builders looked up, and he said, “Hello, you -seem to like watching us build this house; I guess you would like to -be over here helping us.” And Charlie said, “Oh, yes, I _would_ like -to come over and help you, I mean to be a house builder when I grow -up.” Then the builder said, “Is that so? Have you had any practice in -building houses?” Charlie said, “No, I have never built a _real_ house, -but I can build _beautiful_ houses with my wooden blocks.” - -But the builder said, “Well, I guess you need more practice than -_that_--you have to know how to put the mortar on, and that is not as -easy as it looks. How would you like me to give you some bricks and -mortar and then you can build yourself a house in the corner of your -yard?” Yes, the builder _ac-tu-al-ly_ said that to Charlie! And he also -asked him, “Have you an express wagon that you can haul the bricks in?” - -Of course Charlie said, “Yes,” and he ran off to the house to tell his -Mother and his Auntie all about the house builder, and to ask if he -might go across the road by himself to get the bricks. And his Mother -and his Auntie both said, “Yes.” They said that it would be perfectly -safe for Charlie to go across the road all by himself, because no -automobiles were allowed on the road and there was a sign which said, -“Closed to Traffic.” - -Then Charlie got his express wagon and he went across the road to get -the bricks. He loaded the bricks into his express wagon and he dragged -them across the road and in at the garden gate to the corner of the -garden where there were no flowers and no vegetables. Charlie did this -over and over again; he did it so often that his legs ached,--and every -time that Charlie went across the road Topsy and Bingo followed him. -When Charlie had been across the road four, five, _six_ times getting -his express cart full of bricks every time, the builder said, “Now -you have enough bricks to start with. Suppose you go now and ask your -Mother for a pail and I will give you some mortar, already mixed.” - -Charlie ran and got the pail, and the builder filled it with mortar and -carried it over to Charlie’s yard himself because it was too heavy for -Charlie to carry. The builder certainly _was_ a nice man. - -Of course Charlie wanted _immediately_ to start in building the house. -But his Mother and his Auntie said, “No.” They said that Charlie had -worked enough for one day, and that he had better play a little. And -his Mother said, “You had better wait till your Daddy comes home before -starting to build your house; I think you ought to ask his advice as to -exactly where would be the best place to build it.” - -Charlie thought that his Mother was right and he determined to wait -till his Daddy came home before building the house. So he went off and -had a lovely game with Topsy and Bingo. - -At last Charlie’s Daddy came home. Charlie was watching for him out -of the dining-room window. As soon as he saw his Daddy come in at the -gate, Charlie ran out to meet him and to tell him all about the bricks -that the builder had given him and about the house he was going to -build. - -Charlie’s Daddy was very interested; he was so interested that he said -he would like to help Charlie to build the house. Then Charlie’s Daddy -went upstairs and changed into his old suit, the one he always wore -when he was digging in the garden, and he found a spade, and he said, -“Come on, Charlie, let us start building the house.” - -So they went into the garden and started to build the house. First -Charlie’s Daddy dug a trench, the size that the house was to be; this -was to be the foundation so that the house should not blow over in a -wind-storm. Charlie helped dig the trench also. It was very hard work -digging the trench--it was such hard work that both Charlie and his -Daddy were puffing and blowing before they had finished digging. But at -last the trench was finished, and while they were both standing still -to admire it Charlie’s Auntie came and called them in to supper. - -So they both had to go in and change their clothes and eat their supper -and, by the time that supper was over, it was too dark to work at the -house any longer. Charlie did not like this at all, he said, “I do not -want to stop for a single minute until the house is built.” - -But his Daddy said, “Cheer up, Charlie, to-morrow is a legal holiday, -and I shall be home all day. So I shall be able to help you build your -house until it is finished.” Then Charlie was satisfied and he went to -sleep the minute he got into bed--and all night long he dreamed about -the beautiful house he was going to build. - -The next morning both Charlie and his Daddy got up early; they got up -at six o’clock! They each had a glass of milk and a cookie, then they -went into the garden and began to work. - -First they started piling bricks into the trench, one on top of two -others, _ex-act-ly_ the way Charlie had seen the builders doing it; and -his Daddy showed him how to put the mortar on each brick with a flat -trowel that he had found in the woodshed and that looked _ex-act-ly_ -like the one the builders used. It is very important to put the mortar -on right, as that is what makes the bricks stick together. - -Before breakfast Charlie and his Daddy had _ac-tu-al-ly_ finished -the foundation! Charlie was very glad that he had his Daddy to help -him--why, if it had not been for his Daddy I don’t think that Charlie -would have thought of building _any_ foundation for his house, and -then it would have blown down! - -Well, you may be sure that the moment they had finished breakfast, and -when Charlie’s Daddy had smoked just one cigarette, they both of them -were hard at work on the house again. - -For one reason Charlie was sorry that it was a legal holiday, and -that was because the builders were having a holiday, too, and Charlie -_would_ have liked them to see him in his overalls that were all -covered with mortar and pink with brick dust--so that he looked -_ex-act-ly_ like a real builder. - -Well, they worked and they worked. And you never can guess how -clever Charlie’s Daddy was. He was just as clever as a real builder. -Yes, Charlie’s Daddy _ac-tu-al-ly_ knew how to make a window in the -house--and a door also! The window went all the way to the top of the -roof and so did the door, for Charlie’s Daddy said that there was -_one_ thing he did not know how to do that a real builder knows, and -that is how to make an arch, with a keystone! Soon the house was tall -enough for Charlie to go in at the door, and then his Daddy said that -the front of the house was tall enough. But the sides had to be built -sloping higher toward the back so that the roof should slope--it is -very important that a house should have a sloping roof so that the -water may drain off it when it rains. - -At last his Daddy said, “There, the house is finished, all but the -roof!” - -Charlie _was_ excited! He jumped and he shouted, “My house is nearly -finished, my house is nearly finished!” - -Then his Daddy went off to the woodshed and he brought back a whole lot -of boards and a roll of tar paper. He put the boards all across the -roof and covered them with tar paper--and THE HOUSE WAS FINISHED! - -Yes, it was _ac-tu-al-ly_ finished. It had a beautiful doorway, and a -window and a roof--anybody could see that it was a real house. - -Topsy and Bingo were nearly as much excited as Charlie. Bingo ran in -and out of the door and barked and barked. But Topsy climbed up the -wall and in at the window and he did this again and again. - -Then Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie came to look at the beautiful -house. And, my goodness! they _were_ surprised that Charlie and his -Daddy had built a house that looked exactly like a real house. - -And Charlie’s Mother said, “Now, we will go back to the house and we -will bring Charlie’s little chairs and his table, and I will get a rag -rug that is in the attic; then the house will be furnished and Charlie -can live in it with Topsy and Bingo and Jane.” - -So that is what they did! And Charlie’s Auntie hung some curtains -across the window and tied them with blue ribbon, and his mother put -the rag rug on the floor, and placed the furniture around the room so -that it looked _most_ cozy and _most_ comfortable. - -Well, just when everybody was standing and admiring the house, Jane the -cat came up, and she looked at the house for a minute. Then she walked -straight in at the door and lay down on the rug, and she purred and -purred as loud as she could purr, because she liked Charlie’s house so -tremendously. But Topsy jumped in at the window and _he_ walked around -the house and sat down on every one of the little chairs and even on -the table, but when he jumped into the express cart, which was in the -corner of the house, he liked it so much that he curled up and went -to sleep. But Bingo was the most excited of all--he dashed around and -around the house, and he jumped up in the air and barked and barked and -BARKED! - -The next day, when the builders were at work again, Charlie climbed up -on the gate and called out to the builder who had given him the bricks, -“Good morning, Mr. Builder! I have finished my house!” - -The builder was most interested and he came over to look at the house -that Charlie had built. - -He said, “Did you build that house _all_ by yourself?” - -And Charlie said, “Yes, I built that house _all_ by myself, and my -Daddy helped me.” - -[Illustration] - - - - -[Illustration] - -BINGO LEARNS TO COME WHEN HE IS CALLED - - -Bingo was a very clever little dog--he learned very quickly all the -tricks that Charlie taught. He could sit up and beg, and he could bark -three times for the flag, and when Charlie put a piece of cake on his -nose Bingo could toss it in the air and catch it in his mouth, and, -if Charlie threw a stick, Bingo would always run and bring it back. -Yes, Bingo could do all these things and he liked to do them again -and again. He was such a clever little dog that all the boys in the -neighborhood knew him well, and they used to watch him over the fence -doing all the tricks that he had learned. - -But there was _one_ thing that Bingo never _would_ learn and that was -to come _immediately_ when he was called. If Bingo thought that Charlie -was going for a walk or that his dinner was ready, he would come the -very minute that Charlie called him; but if he was doing something -interesting or something that he should not be doing, Charlie could -call “Bingo, Bingo, Bingo,” till he was hoarse, Bingo would not come! -He would wag his tail and perk up his ears to show that he had heard, -but he would not come. - -One day Charlie was playing in the garden with Bingo and Topsy when -Bingo suddenly saw something that interested him in the road and he -scrambled under the gate and went scampering along down the road. - -[Illustration] - -Charlie did not approve of this at all. He called and he called, -“Bingo, Bingo, Bingo”--but Bingo would not come, he went on racing -along the road. He had decided that he would like to go out and see the -world! - -Then Charlie ran into the house to tell his Mother and his Auntie. He -could not run after Bingo, because of course he was not allowed to go -outside the garden gate by himself. His Auntie did not even wait to put -on her sweater though it was very cold; she ran straight out of the -gate to bring Bingo back--but Bingo had _ab-so-lute-ly_ disappeared! - -Charlie and his Auntie put on their coats and went a long distance -down the road, calling Bingo all the time, but they could not find him -anywhere. They asked everybody that they met if they had seen a little -white dog with black spots but nobody had seen him. Then they went home -again, hoping that Bingo would have arrived there before them. But no, -Bingo was not there! - -Now I will tell you what happened to Bingo. When he had run along the -road for quite a distance he came to a turning where the road ran very -steeply downhill. There was a boy with a bob sled, and just as Bingo -reached the corner the boy lay down flat on his sled, and biff! off he -flew down the hill! Bingo was much excited. He barked, “Yap, yap, yap,” -and ran after the bob sled as fast as ever he could. He was determined -to catch that bob sled! But of course he could not. The boy and the -sled reached the bottom of the hill before Bingo, but not long before. - -The boy had decided to go home, as it was near his dinner time, and he -was dragging his sled after him when Bingo arrived at the bottom of the -hill, all out of breath and with his little red tongue hanging out. But -he was not too out of breath to jump up at the boy and bark “Yap, yap, -yap!” He was trying to tell him how glad he was that he had caught up -with him at last. - -The boy patted Bingo on the head and talked to him, but of course he -did not know his name as he lived quite a distance away and had never -seen Bingo before. - -Bingo liked the boy very much and decided that he would go for a walk -with him. So he followed after him. It was a long, long walk, but at -last they arrived at the boy’s house. - -It was a tall brick house very much larger than the house in which -Bingo lived with Charlie; and it had to be larger too, because a great -many people lived in it--two families lived on every floor! - -The boy climbed up five flights of stairs; he lived on the top floor of -all--and Bingo followed after him. - -The boy’s Mother was cooking dinner in the kitchen and she was very -much surprised when she saw Bingo. She said, “Who is that dog?” The boy -said, “I found him and I am going to keep him for my dog. I have always -wanted one.” - -But his Mother said, “How can we keep a dog when we live five flights -up and have only three rooms? It is impossible. After you have had your -dinner you must take him back to where you found him, then he will -be able to find his way home. He has a collar on so he must belong to -somebody. In the meantime, take him downstairs and tie him up in the -yard. I have just washed the kitchen floor and I am afraid he will make -it dirty again.” - -The boy felt very sad because he could not keep Bingo, but he took him -down to the yard as his Mother had told him to, and he tied him up to -the fence with a piece of rope. - -Bingo did not like this at all. He pulled and he pulled and he pulled, -but he could not get loose. He pulled and he pulled and--he PULLED, -and--suddenly the fastening of his collar snapped (it snapped because -Charlie had not fastened it properly that morning), and Bingo was a -free dog. - -Then he scampered gayly out of the yard and into the street again. -He thought that it was time to go home to Charlie and his dinner. -But--what do you think? Bingo could not find his way home! He ran -through street after street but he could not find the house where he -lived with Charlie and Topsy and Jane. The boy’s Mother must have -thought that Bingo was older than he really was when she said that he -could find his way home by himself. - -Bingo was beginning to be worried--there were a great many children -playing in the streets through which he passed and every now and again -he thought that he saw Charlie, but it always turned out that he was -mistaken. Sometimes some of the children would try to stop him but -Bingo always ran away from them. He wanted to go home. - -At last he passed four little boys who were walking along together. -Bingo was very tired now and he was not running any more; no, he was -walking very slowly and limping a little because he had hurt his foot. - -One of the boys looked at him limping along in front and he said, -“Look at that puppy. He looks exactly like Charlie’s Bingo, who does -such wonderful tricks!” - -The other boy said, “He does look like him. Let’s call him and see if -he answers to the name Bingo.” So they called, “Bingo, Bingo, Bingo!” - -You may be sure that when Bingo heard his name called _this time_ he -did come running as fast as ever he could. - -Bingo did not know the boys but they knew him. They had often watched -him over the fence doing the tricks that Charlie had taught him, so -they knew where he lived. Now that they were sure it _was_ Bingo, as -he had come at once when they called him, they decided that they would -take him back to his home; for they knew how unhappy Charlie must be -because he had lost his dog. - -[Illustration: _One of the strange boys held Bingo_] - -But they were afraid that Bingo might run away again, so one of the -boys held on to him while the others made a harness for him out of -some string that one of them had in his pocket. Then they put it on -Bingo and they tied a long piece of string to the middle of the harness -for a leash. - -So they started on their way--but you can think how funny Bingo did -look in his rope harness! The boys could not help laughing at him, and -Bingo did not like that at all. He had a feeling that he looked very -ragged and untidy, as indeed he did; and all the dogs that he met and -who wore beautiful collars, sniffed at him, as though to say, “What an -extraordinary thing to wear, instead of a collar!” - -Bingo wished very much that he had not lost his own collar, which was a -very beautiful one. He wanted to stop and tell the other dogs all about -it. But the four boys were in a hurry, and they pulled at his rope so -that he had to follow them. - -At last they reached the bottom of the hill that the boy had coasted -down. It was ever so much harder to climb _up_ that hill than it had -been running down it that morning. But at last they got to the top and -Bingo began to feel very excited because he recognized the street that -they were now walking along. Every single day he walked along that -street with Charlie and Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie on their way to -the park. - -And--then at last they reached the garden gate and Bingo was home! He -was so excited that he barked “Yap, yap, yap!” - -Charlie was eating his supper in the dining room and when he heard it -he said, “That’s Bingo’s bark!” and he and his Mother and his Auntie -and his Daddy all jumped up from the table and ran to the front door. -And--there were the four little boys holding Bingo by the rope! - -Well, you may be sure that everybody was glad to see Bingo. Charlie -grabbed him in his arms and hugged him while he thanked the boys for -bringing him home, and Charlie’s Mother and his Auntie thanked them -also. Then Charlie’s Daddy put his hand in his pocket and he brought -out four beautiful new quarters and he gave one to each of the boys, so -they were very happy, too. But the happiest of all was Bingo, he barked -till he could bark no more because he was hoarse. He barked so loudly -that he wakened Jane and Topsy from their nap and they came out to see -what it all meant. - -When Jane saw Bingo, what do you think she did? Why, she started to -wash him! Yes, she did; she washed him all over and he needed it, I can -tell you. - -Then, when Bingo was nice and clean, Charlie gave him his dinner, and -when he had eaten it he was so tired that he curled up beside Jane on -the kitchen rug, just as if he was a baby puppy again, and went fast -asleep. But always after that, Bingo would come when he was called. -He came so quickly when Charlie called, “Bingo, Bingo, Bingo,” that -everybody noticed it, and said to Charlie, “What a well-trained dog you -have. Did you train him yourself?” And Charlie would say, “Yes, I did. -He _is_ a clever dog; there isn’t _anything_ that Bingo can’t do!” And -I don’t believe there was! - -[Illustration] - - - - -[Illustration] - -WHAT CHARLIE DID ON A RAINY DAY - - -One day it was a rainy day. The rain poured and it poured, and the wind -blew. It was a very disagreeable day. It poured so hard that Charlie -could not go out in the yard and play in his little house. His Mother -and his Auntie both said that it was the kind of day when it is best -to stay indoors. - -Then Charlie’s Mother said, “As it is such a rainy day that I cannot -go out, I shall make preserves all the morning. I shall make plum -preserves and orange marmalade, and we will have some for supper -to-night.” - -And his Auntie said, “I shall sew all the morning; yes, I will make -myself a nice new dress.” - -Topsy and Bingo and Jane did not say anything. But they all three lay -down on hearth rug and went to sleep. They had decided that, as it was -such a disagreeable, rainy day that they could not go out and play, -they would sleep all the morning, and, maybe, dream a nice dream about -playing in the fields in the country. - -As for Charlie--_he_ did not know _what_ to do. He stood at the window -and he looked out at the rain pattering on the ledge and against the -window pane--and he said, “I don’t know what to do, I don’t know what -to do!” And he said it again and again. - -His Auntie said to him, “The very idea, Charlie, you have _heaps_ of -things to do! Why don’t you play with your toys--with your train and -with your blocks?” - -But Charlie shook his head. “It’s no fun playing with my train--it just -goes round and round, and I have built everything with my blocks that -I know how to build. I want something _new_ to play! Something I have -never played before.” - -His Auntie thought hard for two whole minutes. Then she said, “Look -here, Charlie, I have a splendid idea! You run up to my room and bring -me a pile of typewriting paper that you will find on my desk. Also -bring a paper of pins out of my top bureau drawer, and I will show you -something new to play with.” - -So Charlie ran upstairs and brought down these things. Then his Auntie -told him to get his own scissors with the rounded tops and his box of -colored chalks. - -Charlie began to feel very interested and excited. He wondered _what in -the world_ his Auntie was going to do. - -Well, when he had brought his scissors and his crayons, his Auntie sat -down at the table and she took a piece of typewriting paper and folded -it this way and that way. Then she colored one part of it red with -the red chalk, and she made three little green strokes with the green -chalk, and with the scissors she cut along the creases, and folded it -some more; _then_ she pinched it here and pinched it there, and she -stuck a pin in at the back, and--there was a beautiful little white -house with a red roof and green shutters, and a door that opened and -shut! - -Charlie was delighted. He said, “Oh, oh! _How beautiful!_ Show me how -to make it. _Please_, Auntie, show _me_ how to make a little house.” - -[Illustration] - -So his Auntie showed him _ex-act-ly_ how to make the little house--and -you will see in the picture on this page _ex-act-ly_ how Charlie’s -Auntie cut the paper, and where she painted it red for the roof, and -where she put the windows with the green shutters, and where she cut -the door so that it could open and shut, and where she put the pin -in at the back to keep it together. Yes, Charlie’s Auntie used a pin -instead of paste, because paste does not always stick very well and it -often makes things look messy unless you are very skillful. - -Well, after Charlie had tried several times and his Auntie had showed -him every time where he had gone wrong, he _ac-tu-al-ly_ succeeded in -making a paper house all by himself! And it was a beautiful house. - -When his Auntie saw that Charlie could make paper houses just as well -as she could, she said, “Now I must go upstairs and sew my dress, and -_you_, Charlie, can make a whole, big village of little houses, and I -am sure that you will think of some nice game to play with them.” - -Well, Charlie did go on making his houses until he had made a whole lot -of them--yes, he had made a _tre-men-dous_ number of houses; maybe he -had made _fifteen_ houses out of paper, with red roofs and green doors -and shutters. Then he thought that he had made enough and that he would -like to play with them--and so he did. - -I will tell you how Charlie played with the houses. First he went over -to a corner of the room where there was no furniture to get in the way -and there he set up some of his houses and made a village of them. Then -he had a _grand_ idea--and the idea was that he would like to have some -trees in his village, and he knew _ex-act-ly_ how to make them! - -He ran into the kitchen where his Mother was making delicious preserves -and he said, “Oh, Mother, I want some branches off the bush near the -back door--and it is _very important_. Can I go out just for a minute -and pick some?” - -And his Mother said, “Yes. If you put on your rubber boots and your -slicker and your sou’wester, you can go out for just a minute, even -though it is raining, and pick the branches you want, but you must not -be long.” - -So Charlie did so--he put on his rubber boots and his sou’wester and -his slicker and he picked all the branches that he wanted. When he -brought them into the house he had to shake them over the sink because -they were so wet. - -Now I suppose you will wonder how Charlie made those branches stand -upright on the floor to make them look like trees? - -I will tell you. Charlie went to his box, where he kept the old toys -that he used to play with when he was a very little boy, and there he -found a whole lot of spools. When he was a baby he used to like to -string spools together and his Mother and his Auntie always gave him -their spools of thread when they were bare, so Charlie had _dozens_ of -spools and he sometimes let Bingo and Topsy play with them. - -Well, Charlie got these spools and he stuck a small branch in the end -of one of them and stood it upright. It made a beautiful tree! So he -made a dozen trees and set them all along the streets of the village. - -[Illustration: _Charlie Made Three Villages_] - -But there were no people in the village. Charlie thought hard for two -whole minutes--then he went and found his old Noah’s ark and his box -of lead soldiers. Of course, Noah and his wife and his family were the -people who lived in the village, and so were some of the soldiers. The -animals of the ark he stood up in the fields behind the houses and he -pretended that they were all cows--yes, he pretended that the elephants -and the giraffes and the lions and the tigers were all cows. - -When Charlie had finished making one village, he started right away and -made two more, so that he had _three_ villages, and each village had a -railway station. Then he arranged his railroad track so that it went -between the different villages, and he made his train run up and down -between them. He put some of the lead soldiers in the coaches. And -every time that his train came to a station Charlie blew his whistle -and called out, “All out for Stony Hollow! All out for Pine Hill! All -out for Ford’s Crossing!” and some of the soldiers got out at every -station and others got in. - -My goodness! but Charlie did have a good time playing with his train -and with his villages. He had such a good time that the morning only -seemed five minutes long! - -When his Mother and his Auntie came in to see what he had been doing -with himself all the morning, and to tell him that it was time to get -ready for dinner, they _were_ surprised and de-light-ed when they saw -the beautiful villages that Charlie had made. - -Well, the very minute that Charlie had finished his dinner he went back -to his villages, because he had thought of several new ideas while he -was eating his dinner. - -Yes, he remembered a little tiny horse and wagon that his Mother had -given him. When his Mother had given it to him there was some candy -tied to the wagon, and of course Charlie had eaten the candy long ago; -but he had kept the horse and wagon because it was so cunning and -little, though he thought that it was too little to play with. But now -Charlie was going to use it for his village. - -I wonder if you can guess what he was going to use it for? I will tell -you. Charlie decided that the little wagon should be the stage, and he -put a lead soldier in it and pretended that he was the stage driver. -Then he loaded the stage with little parcels made out of paper which he -pretended were sacks of apples that the farmers of the villages were -sending to the city; and he loaded them on to the train, and blew his -whistle--and off it started! - -Charlie played all the afternoon with his train and his stage and -his villages; he played with them for hours and hours. The rain had -stopped and the sun was shining but Charlie did not notice that--until -he heard a little hoarse “Wow-wow!” outside the door. - -It was Bingo. Yes, Bingo had wakened and wanted Charlie to come and -play with him. So he opened the door and Bingo came jumping into the -room, and the very first thing he did was to knock over three houses in -Charlie’s village. And Topsy came chasing after Bingo and _he_ knocked -over four more with his tail. They would have knocked all the houses -over if Charlie had not stopped them. But Charlie took Bingo and Topsy -out of the room and he shut the door behind him so that they should not -spoil his village. - -Then Charlie’s Mother called to him and she said, “Why don’t you and -Topsy and Bingo run out and play in the yard? The sun is shining, but -you must put on your rubber boots, as the grass is still wet.” - -Charlie thought that it would be fun to run around a little as he had -been so busy all day. He called Topsy and Bingo, and they had a grand -time chasing each other around the garden and in and out of Charlie’s -little house that he had built of the bricks that the builders had -given him. Sometimes Charlie would catch Bingo, and, when Bingo was -caught, _always_ he rolled over on his back and stuck his four legs in -the air--so that he looked ridiculous! - -But Charlie never _could_ catch Topsy. Whenever he nearly caught him, -Topsy would just climb up a tree, and he’d climb _way_ up and peek down -at Charlie through the branches. - -So Charlie and Topsy and Bingo played together in the garden till -Charlie’s Daddy came home. Then, of course, Charlie had to show his -Daddy the beautiful villages he had made, and the way each one had a -railway station, and how his train ran up and down the line between -the stations, just like a real train, and carried packages and mail and -passengers. - -His Daddy was _most_ interested and de-light-ed. He was _so_ interested -and _de-light-ed_ that he sat straight down on the floor, and began to -play with the villages himself. But Bingo and Topsy had to be left in -the garden while Charlie and his Daddy were playing with the villages, -because they wanted to play also, and _their_ idea of playing with the -villages was to knock down _all_ the houses and _all_ the trees! - -Well, Charlie and his Daddy played together till supper was ready. -Then Charlie’s Mother said, “I have been making preserves all day, -and now we will eat some for supper. I have made plum jam and orange -marmalade.” Charlie and his Daddy tasted the plum jam and the orange -marmalade--and they both were _delicious_. - -And what do you think? Charlie’s Auntie had finished her new dress and -she wore it down to supper--and it _did_ look beautiful. - -So Charlie and his Mother and his Auntie all had a nice day after all, -even though it was such a rainy, disagreeable kind of a day. 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