. St. Nicholas [serial] . at. I dont think Jr\\ all this noise is very good for us, suggested the bear. Scarcely hadthe words es-caped him whenhe heard the far-mer cry: Hi, chicken-thieves ! thenbang! went agun. Oh, me ! oh,my ! exclaimedJacko. I mkilled there wasno time for talk,and so the par-ty rushed awaythrough the fenceto the wood. Now I mstung with a ven-geance, gruntedthe bear, whohad received agood part of thecharge of shot. And I feel like a sieve, sobbed the chatter-ing monkey. Oh, I dont want any morebees or chickens! I did nt get much, said the giraffe, be-cause I m s
. St. Nicholas [serial] . at. I dont think Jr\\ all this noise is very good for us, suggested the bear. Scarcely hadthe words es-caped him whenhe heard the far-mer cry: Hi, chicken-thieves ! thenbang! went agun. Oh, me ! oh,my ! exclaimedJacko. I mkilled there wasno time for talk,and so the par-ty rushed awaythrough the fenceto the wood. Now I mstung with a ven-geance, gruntedthe bear, whohad received agood part of thecharge of shot. And I feel like a sieve, sobbed the chatter-ing monkey. Oh, I dont want any morebees or chickens! I did nt get much, said the giraffe, be-cause I m so thin. I see it s a good thing tobe thin sometimes. And now they rested again in a quiet placeto talk it over. We re free enough, said the monkey, butdont seem to be having such a good time as Ithought we should. Perhaps the circus is ntsuch a bad place, after all. Oh, dont be discouraged, answered thebear; we 11 have some fun yet. Feeling tired and rather shaken up after allthis excitement, they comfortably settled down. TO BE RATHER SCARCE,(SEE PAGE 923 ) 1902. ] THE RUNAWAYS. 925 for a nap, and were awakened in the morningby the birds twittering above them. Is nt it breakfast-time? suggested Bruin. Lets look about and see if we can find any-thing, said Jacko. As there did nt seem to be much to eat inthe wood, except for the giraffe, who never com-plained, they sneaked in close to the the back kitchen of a house came a savoryodor of hot breakfast. Ah, that smells good, said the bear, hun-grily. Without more ado he ran up to the doorand looked in. No one here, he called tothe others. This was indeed good luck. In they went—that is, the monkey and the bear; for the giraffewas too tall for the door, so he reached inthrough the window. Warm bread and milkwere set upon the table; thefarmers wife had gone out tocall the workmen. This is better than circusfood, suggested Bruin. Yes; things are going betterthis morning, answered themonkey. Pass that bread, please, sai
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