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  • "No, we'll leave Nicknack here," said his father, as he cuddled the little fellow up in his lap.

    Curlytops at Uncle Frank's Ranch Howard Roger Garis 1917

  • "Nicknack not come wif us?" asked Trouble, not quite understanding what the talk was about.

    Curlytops at Uncle Frank's Ranch Howard Roger Garis 1917

  • "Tell Uncle Frank of Trouble's trying to hide Nicknack away so we wouldn't leave him behind," suggested Mrs. Martin.

    Curlytops at Uncle Frank's Ranch Howard Roger Garis 1917

  • "Maybe we can take Nicknack and have a ride!" exclaimed Teddy.

    Curlytops at Uncle Frank's Ranch Howard Roger Garis 1917

  • Bob, Teddy and Mrs. Newton inquired at a number of houses, but no one in them had seen Trouble and Nicknack that day.

    Curlytops at Uncle Frank's Ranch Howard Roger Garis 1917

  • The leather straps and the buckles were all tangled up on him, but Trouble had managed to make enough of them stick on the goat's back, and had somehow got part of the harness fast to the wagon, so Nicknack could pull it along.

    Curlytops at Uncle Frank's Ranch Howard Roger Garis 1917

  • "We couldn't both ride Nicknack, though he could pull us both in the wagon."

    Curlytops at Uncle Frank's Ranch Howard Roger Garis 1917

  • There was a barn on the Newton place -- a barn in which Bob was counting on keeping Nicknack -- and this place was first searched lest, perchance, Trouble might have slipped in there with the goat without anyone having seen him, having come up through a back alley.

    Curlytops at Uncle Frank's Ranch Howard Roger Garis 1917

  • Indians which they never saw, they were talking about the good times they had had with Nicknack, and wondering if Uncle Frank would have a goat, or anything like it, when Trouble came toddling up to their seat.

    Curlytops at Uncle Frank's Ranch Howard Roger Garis 1917

  • "Nicknack wouldn't make any trouble," declared Jan. "He's such a nice goat --"

    Curlytops at Uncle Frank's Ranch Howard Roger Garis 1917

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