MR. CHUPES AND MISS JENNY 



end of the string, when the mirth became 

 fast and furious. It was necessary to keep 

 a strict watch over him while he played with 

 the rubber band, however, for it was a toy 

 that he would persist in swallowing at the 

 end of the game if left to follow his inclina- 

 tions. He also had a liking for bits of 

 thread, and on one occasion when he swal- 

 lowed a good portion of a piece and en- 

 tangled the remainder around his tongue, 

 it was with the greatest difficulty that we 

 rescued him from his uncomfortable and 

 dangerous predicament. 



One day an ungainly-looking mud-turtle 

 was brought into my room. The creature 

 was about the size of a saucer, allowing, 

 of course, for oval instead of circular pro- 

 portions. He was a runaway (or, rather, a 

 slow creepaway), and for a day or so he re- 

 mained with us, unclaimed. A perforation 

 had been made in his shell, and from the 

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