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" Did he tell you why the woman had done such 

 a thing ?" I inquired. 



"Oh, for the sake of notoriety I suppose," she 

 replied. 



Here was my chance and I improved it. 



"Now," I said, "I should like to tell you the 

 truth about that story if you would care to hear it." 



She was rather indifferent, but the other people 

 were keen for it, and I gave them the real facts. I 

 happened to have some of my photographs with 

 me, and offered to get them if anyone wished to 

 see them. The lady took no particular interest in 

 them at first ; but when they were passed around, 

 and the other people began to express their sur- 

 prise and pleasure, she condescended to take a look. 



Rather to my surprise, some time afterwards, 

 this same person asked me if I would mind showing 

 the pictures to her little girl! She then admitted 

 that she had been wrong in her judgment about the 

 story. 



Weeks went by, and I heard nothing more from 

 my forest friends. Evidently Bruno was behaving 

 himself, for Mrs. Weldon had promised to let me 

 know if he got too big and strong, and, either in 

 play or intentionally, hurt his foster-sister, Ursula. 



On the approach of spring, as the days grew 

 longer and lost their wintry chill, I began to ex- 

 perience, as usual at that season of the year, a cer- 



