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side teeth when a hen squawked, as was his 

 way when nervous. At last they were all in 

 the coop. The driver mounted to his seat, and 

 started off. Bruno trotted along after him, 

 evidently not understanding that they were no 

 longer our chickens. He thought it was the 

 beginning of the move he had heard us discuss. 

 He followed along for perhaps a quarter of a 

 mile. All at once he stopped and looked back; 

 he saw us standing and looking after him. It 

 was a dilemma. He looked after the receding 

 wagon, then back at us, then at the wagon 

 again. Then he turned and galloped back, 

 stomach to earth, and bounded up to us, yelp- 

 ing and panting, while we explained that they 

 were not our chickens any more ; they were 

 sold, and had gone away to live in another 

 home. 



The poultry disposed of, we began hurriedly 

 to make ready for our own departure. It took 

 a whole long day to pack our books, but we 

 soon stowed our other things, and inside of the 

 agreed time we were transferred and settled in 

 the three rooms Julius had engaged. 



There was a sitting-room below, which we 

 used also as a dining-room, with a small kitchen 

 behind it. Over the sitting-room we had a 



