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cntirely, to measure up the tedious minutes. He makes no sound, but walks, persistently following his tail) ina - cirele., As the minutes pass the crele narrows and the pace (quickens, untily as the dinner-waggon rolls inits appointed crooves, he turns completely on an axis, his head making to the left, his tail to the right. And so until his dinner s actually within'the bars, when he picks it up i his stride and retreats with it to a corner.

The smallest cat here 1s not on show. This 1s Dodger, the baby tiger. He hves in an clegant private bed-sitting- room, built of strong planks, at the hack ol the house, by the door of Sutton’s quarters, and i full view of the ron bath- ing-machine arrange- ment whereby the lons and tigers pass out to their back play- crounds 1n fince weather. The Dodger 1s not, perhaps, alto- THE DODGER. cether beautiful—in a physical sense. He runs largely to cars and feet,

THIS CHEETALL and has the general appearance of having been put together hurriedly, with the wrong neck. But Dodger means well, and will play with your hands as long as vou please to risk a nip of the teeth. 1F you arc a stranger he will mew at you at hirst, which, as his voice is just breaking, is an exhilarating thing to hear, being a varying compound of roar, howl, mew, and whimper, grateful to the tympanunm. But he soon grows friendly, especially 1if you place your hand casually on the dinner- waggon standing near his quarters.

Another affable crcature s the cheetah, With his lithe Timbs, strong neck, and small bullet head, he has a certain prize fichting appearance, but, hike the Game Chicken, i quite affable. The cheetabs = here are subjected to a cortain ignominy - which T trust and believe the Society s not intentionally responsible fore A board msevibed * Beware of Pickpockets 7 s hung conspicuously over their heads. Tt s secarcely credible that the proximity is intended as suggesting ahorrible pun upon the name of the poor animals, bhut it arouses suspicions in the minds of some people, and 1s apt to place the unfor- tunate cheetahs in the abject position of accomplices i the outrage. And when the Dodger is promoted to once of these Jarge cages, the suspicion in his case may cven be greater, and naturally; with the possibly redeeming feature that only a lame joke, and not an inhuman pun, will be suspected. Before then, however, the reproach may be removed.

In the carly morning, before the gardens are opened, Sutton, Dodger, and the chectah go out for awalk about the grounds,amid a shower of envy. Michacl, the big bear, in particular, looks from be- hind his window blinds in much displeasure. 1 shouldlike totake Michacl out fora stroll-- say along

A FAMILY JAR. . . e the Strand ; there would be a deal to amuse him.