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asked Dodo, suddenly changing the subject as they left 

 the cars, Mr. and Mrs. Blake going down town, and the 

 others up, in Dr. Roy's charge. 



" No ice cream or sweeties at all to-day," the Doctor 

 said firmly, " if you wish to go tramping about to see 

 tlie animals. First, we will go to the Park and see the 

 live Grizzly and Polar Bears in their den, and I can 

 promise you a peep at Coyotes, Timber Wolves, and 

 P^oxes, besides the Puma and the Ocelot. I know that 

 you will think that they look very unhappy in their 

 cages, and they are not nearly as comfortable as they 

 will be when they go to live iu the Zoological Park." 



" Oh, there is a donkey I " shouted Nat. " I wonder 

 if it is the same one that we used to ride wlien we lived 

 here in the city? May Rap have a ride now, and then 

 Dodo and I?" 



" Why, uncle ! I do believe you've brought a bag of 

 dimes and quarters on purpose," said Dodo, as the Doctor 

 took the necessary money for three rides from a well-filled 

 pouch. 



" I am not an old man and more or less wise, without 

 knowing that plenty of small change is a must-he, if 

 you wish the wheels of an excursion to move smoothly' 

 and not jolt all the pleasure out of it," said the Doctor, 

 pocketing his bag again. 



***** 



That night when the Orchard Farm family met at a 

 hotel that overlooked one of the Park entrances, the 

 first question the children asked was, — "Has Olive's 

 gun come ? " 



" Yes, here it is," said Mr. Blake, leading the way to 

 a table that was covered with brown paper parcels and 



