UNCLE CASTOR 
T HERE was trouble on Patou Pond, for 
one of the members of the beaver col¬ 
ony had lost his life in a trap. This 
beaver had been one of that pair which had 
joined the colony the previous spring, and for 
which the entire colony had labored so hard 
to build the new lodge. Now, that lodge would, 
for a long time at least, have but a single ten¬ 
ant; for when beavers mate, it is for life. Later 
on perhaps, other beavers might move in to 
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