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FOUR-HANDED FOLK 



outside ; the crowd backed ; the keeper snatched 

 a longer iron of the same kind and kept the 

 enraged beast so busy defending himself that 

 he had not a chance to think of the power in 

 his hands till the rod could be dragged out. 



When cold weather forced Mr. Crowley to 

 take refuge in a warmed room, where the usual 

 jam of visitors was not admitted, he missed the 

 excitement, and often found time heavy on his 

 hands. Then he was sometimes treated to play- 

 things. A ball he was fond of, and he had the 

 important advantage of four hands to play with. 

 He even evolved a new and original way to play 

 with that very popular toy ; he lay flat on his 

 back and took all-fours to it. An exceedingly 

 comical picture he made of himself, too. 



Tenpins he enjoyed, though he refused to 

 set up the pins. When his obliging friend and 

 servant, his keeper, set them up, he ran across 

 the room and rolled the ball, making very good 

 shots with it. 



A doll that was given to him he made use of 

 in his peculiar fashion, first beating it soundly 

 with a stick, sitting on it, jumping on it, and at 

 last tearing it to rags. He could blow a whistle 

 as well as a boy, but his supreme treat was 

 winding a stem - winding watch ; a " Water- 

 bury " was a treasure to him, for he doted on a 

 half hour of steady winding. 



