. Lives of the hunted, containing a true account of the doings of five quadrupeds & three birds and, in elucidation of the same, over 200 drawings . freedom,and he then showed his bias by making, not forthe woods, but for the kitchen where she was,and following her around on his hind also he made the acquaintance of thatdreadful Cat; but Johnny had a powerful friendnow, and Pussy finally became reconciled tothe black, woolly interloper. As the Hotel was to be closed in October,there was talk of turning Johnny loose or ofsending him to the Washington Zoo ; but Norahhad claims that she
. Lives of the hunted, containing a true account of the doings of five quadrupeds & three birds and, in elucidation of the same, over 200 drawings . freedom,and he then showed his bias by making, not forthe woods, but for the kitchen where she was,and following her around on his hind also he made the acquaintance of thatdreadful Cat; but Johnny had a powerful friendnow, and Pussy finally became reconciled tothe black, woolly interloper. As the Hotel was to be closed in October,there was talk of turning Johnny loose or ofsending him to the Washington Zoo ; but Norahhad claims that she would not forego. When the frosty nights of late Septembercame, Johnny had greatly improved in his man-ners, but he had also developed a bad examination of his lame leg had shown thatthe weakness was not in the foot, but muchmore deeply seated, perhaps in the hip, and thatmeant a feeble and tottering constitution. He did not get fat, as do most Bears in fall;indeed, he continued to fail. His little roundbelly shrank in, his cough became worse, andone morning he was found very sick and shiver-in his bed by the post. Norah brought190. \ x r Johnny Bear him indoors, where the warmth helped him somuch that thenceforth he lived in the kitchen. For a few days he seemed better, and hisold-time pleasure in seeing things revived. Thegreat blazing fire in the range particularly ap-pealed to him, and made him sit up in his oldattitude when the opening of the door broughtthe wonder to view. After a week he lost in-terest even in that, and drooped more and moreeach day. Finally not the most exciting noisesor scenes around him could stir up his old fond-ness for seeing what was going on. He coughed a good deal, too, and seemedwretched, except when in Norahs lap. Herehe would cuddle up contentedly, and whinemost miserably when she had to set him downagain in his basket. A few days before the closing of the Hotel,he refused his usual breakfast, and whinedsoftly till Norah took him in
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