174 JAKE'S CONCLUSION. 



by machinery! I guess I knew the sign o' beaver's 

 teeth, an' you may stake high I warn't wrong in 

 thinkin' 'twur my pet as hed did it. Ye-es, boyees! 

 I calc'late this coon knows somethin' about beavers 

 he does ! " 



Here ended Jake's strange narrative. 



