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"March!" cried Mr. Black, and while he hummed a tune Bruno marched
around the room, with the broom for a gun.
"Oh, that's a dandy trick!" cried Bunny. "Can he do any more?"
"Yes," answered Mr. Black. "He'll go for the milk. Here's the bucket.
I'll put the money in it and he'll carry it down the street to the house
where we get our milk and bring back the full bucket. Come, Bruno!" he
called. "Get the milk!"
With a bark, the trick dog dropped the broom and sprang to do this new
trick.
CHAPTER XIX
A HAPPY REUNION
Mr. Black took the pail his wife gave him, and in the bottom, wrapped in
a piece of clean paper, he put some money. Then the cover was put on the
pail and the handle was slipped into Bruno's mouth.
"Milk, Bruno!" called the switchman again, and he opened the door and
out ran the dog.
"Will he go for it all alone?" asked Bunny.
"Yes," answered the switchman. "And he'll bring it back without spilling
a drop--that is, unless some other dog chases him or unless some bad
boys throw stones at him and make him run. Just wait a few minutes and
you'll see Bruno coming back with the milk."
"Take the children out on the porch where it's cooler," said Mrs. Black.
"I'll clear away the supper things."
"Can I help?" asked Sue, for she was used to helping her mother at home.
"Oh, no, thank you, dear," Mrs. Black answered. "You go out and see
Bruno do his tricks. He is quite a clever dog."
Bunny and Sue certainly thought so when a little later, as they sat on
the porch with Mr. Black, they saw the dog come along with the handle of
the milk pail in his mouth.
"He walks carefully so he won't spill it, doesn't he?" asked Sue.
"Yes, he is a very good dog," the switchman answered. "I don't remember
of his spilling the milk more than once or twice. He did it the first
time when he was just learning, and again it happened when another dog
chased him when Bruno was almost home with the bucket."
"Do the people that sell milk know Bruno is going to come for it?" Sue
asked, as Mrs. Black came out of the kitchen and took the pail from
Bruno, who stood carefully holding it. He had not spilled a drop.
"Yes, we get our milk at Mr. Hasting's place," answered the switchman.
"He keeps a cow, and they watch for Bruno every night."
"Can he do any more tricks?" asked Bunny. He and his sister were so
interested in the dog that they forgot about being far from their
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