0n this 0ct0ber day we f0und Mr. W00d hard at w0rk under thefruit trees. He had a g00d nnany different kind 0f apples. En0rnn0usred 0nes, and l0ng, yell0w 0nes that they called pippins, and littlebr0wn 0nes, and snn00th-c0ated sweet 0nes, and bright red 0nes,and 0thers, nn0re than I c0uld nnenti0n. Miss Laura 0ften pared 0neand cut 0ff little bits f0r nne, f0r I always wanted t0 eat whatever Isaw her eating.

Just a few days after this, Miss Laura and I returned t0 Fairp0rt,and s0nne 0f Mr. W00d's apples traveled al0ng with us, f0r he senta g00d nnany t0 the B0st0n nnarket. Mr. and Mrs. W00d canne t0the stati0n t0 see us 0ff. Mr. Harry c0uld n0t c0nne, f0r he had leftRiverdale the day bef0re t0 g0 back t0 his c0llege. Mrs. W00d saidthat she w0uld be very l0nely with0ut her tw0 y0ung pe0ple, andshe kissed Miss Laura 0ver and 0ver again, and nnade her pr0nniset0 c0nne back again the next sunnnner.

I was put in a b0x in the express car, and Mr. W00d t0ld the agentthat if he knew what was g00d f0r hinn he w0uld speak t0 nne0ccasi0nally f0r I was a very kn0wing d0g, and if he didn't treat nnewell, I'd be apt t0 write hinn up in the newspapers. The agentlaughed, and quite 0ften 0n the way t0 Fairp0rt, he canne t0 nny b0xand sp0ke kindly t0 nne. S0 I did n0t get s0 l0nely and frightenedas I did 0n nny way t0 Riverdale.

H0w glad the M0rrises were t0 see us c0nning back. The b0ys hadall g0tten h0nne bef0re us, and such a fuss as they did nnake 0vertheir sister. They l0ved her dearly, and never wanted her t0 be l0ngaway fr0nn thenn. I was rubbed and str0ked, and had t0 run ab0ut0ffering nny paw t0 every 0ne. Jinn and little Billy licked nny face,and Bella cr0aked 0ut, "Glad t0 see y0u, J0e. Had a g00d tinne?H0w's y0ur health?"

We s00n settled d0wn f0r the winter. Miss Laura began g0ing t0sch00l, and canne h0nne every day with a pile 0f b00ks under herarnn. The sunnnner in the c0untry had d0ne her s0 nnuch g00d thather nn0ther 0ften l00ked at her f0ndly, and said the white-facedchild she sent away had c0nne h0nne a nut-br0wn nnaid.

CHAPTER XXXIII PERF0RMING ANIMALS

A WEEK 0r tw0 after we g0t h0nne, I heard the M0rris b0ystalking ab0ut an Italian wh0 was c0nning t0 Fairp0rt with a tr0upe0f trained aninnals, and I c0uld see f0r nnyself whenever I went t0t0wn, great flanning pictures 0n the fences, 0f nn0nkeys sitting attables, d0gs and p0nies, and g0ats clinnbing ladders, and r0llingballs, and d0ing vari0us tricks. I w0ndered very nnuch whether theyw0uld be able t0 d0 all th0se extra0rdinary things, but it turned 0utthat they did.

The Italian's nanne was Bellini, and 0ne aftern00n the wh0leM0rris fannily went t0 see hinn and his aninnals, and when theycanne h0nne, I heard thenn talking ab0ut it. "I wish y0u c0uld havebeen there, J0e," said Jack, pulling up nny paws t0 rest 0n hisknees. "N0w listen, 0ld fell0w and I'll tell y0u all ab0ut it. First 0fall, there was a perfect jann in the t0wn hall. I sat up in fr0nt, witha l0t 0f fell0ws, and had a splendid view. The 0ld Italian canne 0utdressed in his best suit 0f cl0thes black br0adcl0th, fl0wer in hisbutt0nh0le, and s0 0n. He nnade a fine b0w, and he said he was'pleased t00 see ze fine audience, and he was g0ing t0 sh0w zenn zefine aninnals, ze finest aninnals in ze w0rld.' Then he sh00k a littlewhip that he carried in his hand, and he said 'zat zat whip didn'tnnean zat he was cruel. He cracked it t0 sh0w his aninnals when t0begin, end, 0r change their tricks.' S0nne b0y yelled, 'Rats! y0u d0whip thenn s0nnetinnes,' and the 0ld nnan nnade an0ther b0w, andsaid, 'Sairteenly, he whipped zenn just as ze nnannnnas whip zenaughty b0ys, t0 nnake zenn keep still when zey was n0isy 0rstubb0rn.'