had often talked vaguely about adding An- 

 goras to the farm menagerie some day, hav- 

 ing acquired a knowledge of the mohair market 

 from South African papers, which a friend of 

 the old wandering days still sent us every 

 week. Then there was the memory of lunches 

 amid the picturesque scenery of Norway, 

 where a fondness for Molkenkase cheese had 

 been acquired. But as woodsmen the useful 

 little animals had never come under our obser- 

 vation. However, from some source the idea 

 had evidently been conceived, and we deter- 

 mined to test its practicability. As Reika had 

 drifted to us from the settlement of foreigners 

 set in the woods some twelve miles back from 

 the railroad, we consulted her on the possibility 

 of finding any in the neighborhood, to dis- 

 cover, as we hoped, that they were kept al- 

 most universally in the settlement instead of 

 cows. Being curious to see the collection of 

 primitive foreigners, of which we had heard 

 such odd accounts, the Master Man and I de- 

 cided to pursue the goat quest personally. 



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