Lettie just lowered her head, and then she raised it up, and
over her back that bad dog went, right up in the air, and he was tossed in
some briars and brambles that scratched him well.

But he wasn't satisfied yet, and he rushed back at Lulu, but Aunt Lettie
tickled him in the ribs again, and he laughed: "Ha! Ho!" though he didn't
want to at all, and over into the briars and brambles he was tossed once
more.

Then he had had enough, and he ran off, howling instead of laughing, and
that's the way it was that Aunt Lettie saved Lulu. You see the old lady
goat happened to be walking in the woods, when she heard the dog growl and
she ran up just in time. Then she went home with Lulu, and Jimmie said if
he ever saw that dog he would throw a stone at him, and I wouldn't blame
him, would you?

Now to-morrow night I think the story is going to be about how Alice cut
her foot, and what happened after it. But I can't tell it unless I happen
to see a grasshopper standing on his head and eating jam tarts.

STORY XXII

HOW ALICE CUT HER FOOT

Did you ever go barefooted in the summer time? I suppose you have, and I
don't blame you a bit, especially on hot days, or when you are at Asbury
Park or Ocean Grove. Now, to go barefooted, you know, you have to take off
your shoes and stockings, and that's quite a bother at times.

Well, Alice Wibblewobble didn't have to do this when she wanted to go
barefooted, for, you know, she never wore shoes and stockings in summer.
You see it would be too much trouble to take them off every time she went
in swimming with Lulu and Jimmie, so that's why it was arranged that she
never had to wear any.

Now it happened one day, oh, I guess it must have been about a week and a
minute after Lulu had been frightened by that big dog, that Alice was
going to the store for her mother. The store was kept by Mr. Drake, who
had a little round door knob on the top of his head, so his hat wouldn't
blow off in windy weather.

"Bring me a pound of butter and some cornmeal, Alice," her mother had said
to her, "and be sure the cornmeal is fresh. I am going to fry some for
your father's supper."

So Alice said she would be sure about it, and she started off.

"Want me to come, Alice?" asked Lulu.

"No, dear," replied her sister. "I think it is too hot for you to-day.
I'll soon be back again."

"Better take Jimmie," went on Lulu. "You may meet the bad dog or an ugly
fox."

"No," spoke Alice again,