The sudden flight almost caused a panic 

 and an awful breach of hospitality among 

 the few who were quietly watching things, 

 cover an irrepressible chuckle I slipped 

 ^ away after K'dunk, who scrambled clear to the 

 pie-plant patch before he stopped hopping. 

 As I went I heard the gentle Mrs. James, 

 soul of goodness and hospitality, coughing 

 violently into her handkerchief, as if a rude 

 draught had struck her sensitive throat; but 

 it sounded to me more like a squirrel that 

 I once heard snickering inside of a hollow 

 pumpkin. However, the tenor sang on, and 

 all was well. K'dunk meanwhile was engaged 

 in the better task of ridding the garden of 

 noxious bugs, sitting up at times, in a funny 

 way he had, and scratching the place where 

 his ear should be. 



It w r as soon after this, when we all loved 

 K'dunk better than ever, that the most as- 

 tonishing bit of his queer life came to the 

 surface. Unlike the higher orders of ani- 

 mals, K'dunk receives no training whatever 

 from his elders. The lower orders live so 

 simple a life that instinct is enough for 



