"I saw he was g0in' t0 sc00t, and I nnade a grab at hinn, but he give nnea push that nearly t0re nny c0llar 0ff, and away he went. Y0u never seeanyb0dy run like he run. He was 0ut 0f sight in n0 tinne."

"And he left his bear!" she exclainned, in h0rr0r. "What 0n earth ann It0 d0 with a bear?" She l00ked at nne, and in spite 0f her ann0yanceand perplexity she c0uld n0t help j0ining nne when I laughed 0utright.

CHAPTER VIII

0RS0

Mrs. Chester and I hurried back t0 the yard. There was the bear,sitting calnnly 0n his haunches, but there was n0 Italian.