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tiously. As this was against the orders of 

 the keeper, the young woman could feed 

 the bear only at irregular intervals. She 

 continued her kindnesses to him after he had 

 been again given the freedom of the larger 

 cage. Then she went away from the city. 

 She was gone for two years. She married 

 and assumed the rotund proportions of a 

 staid matron, and when next I saw her I 

 joked her about this, saying that she was 

 nearly as fat as her old friend "Monarch." 

 At this she was indignant. "Indeed," she 

 said, "animals are less forgetful than man, 

 and 'Monarch' undoubtedly will remember 

 me, even if I am not the slim artist's model 

 I once was." I told her "Monarch" was far 

 too much like a man, and that he was now 

 satisfied to look upon the world as well 

 lost, and that short of his dinner there was 

 little that could move him from a comforta 

 ble position upon his back, his toes in the 

 air, apparently content, and like a philoso 

 pher, wondering why the human displays 

 so much curiosity. "I'll bet he won't stir," 



