GEESE DROWN A SQUIRREL.
Jack, a big gray squirrel, who, with his mate, Jill, inhabited the island in the duck inclosure in the Bronx Park Zoo, New York City, sacrificed his life to his love of high living. It was this way:
Jack and Jill long ago discovered that by crossing over the ten-foot-wide stream of water which separates the island from the mainland on all sides they could reach a trough filled with corn, which was replenished daily, for the ducks and geese, which rightfully inhabit the pond and island. A wire fence dividing the inclosure used by the mallard ducks from that enjoyed by the Canada geese offered a means of communication between the island and the corn trough, and Jack and Jill long ago became expert in running along the top of this ticklish pathway.
Daily the two squirrels made pilgrimages to the corn trough, eaten to repletion, and then returned to the island. The ducks and the geese always swam close to the fence, flapping their wings and uttering hoarse cries of rage, but were never able to catch the nimble squirrels. Little by little, however, Jack lost his native agility as he partook of more and more of the rich food, and when he started back from a particularly heavy feast he waddled slowly along the top of the fence instead of hopping nimbly along as had been his wont.
One of the mallards saw him and realized that he was too heavy and too well fed to move hurriedly. The duck sounded a cry which brought all of its mates, and they attacked Jack viciously. The squirrel tried to hurry, but at last was pushed off the fence and fell into the pond.
In an instant he was surrounded by big Canada geese. Persons on shore saw him fight desperately for life, but finally he was forced under water. The geese churned the pond into a foam, and when they swam majestically away there was nothing to be seen of Jack.
Jill, who ran back and forth on the shore of the island while Jack was fighting for his life, retired to a tree after the tragedy, and has not been seen since. Keepers think that she will not try to reach the corn trough any more.
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4—Motor Matt's Race; or, The Last Flight of the "Comet."
5—Motor Matt's Mystery; or, Foiling a Secret Plot.
6—Motor Matt's Red Flier; or, On the High Gear.
7—Motor Matt's Clue; or, The Phantom Auto.
8—Motor Matt's Triumph; or, Three Speeds Forward.
9—Motor Matt's Air Ship; or, The Rival Inventors.
10—Motor Matt's Hard Luck; or, The Balloon House Plot.
11—Motor Matt's Daring Rescue; or, The Strange Case of Helen Brady.
12—Motor Matt's Peril; or, Cast Away in the Bahamas.
13—Motor Matt's Queer Find; or, The Secret of the Iron Chest.
14—Motor Matt's Promise; or, The Wreck of the "Hawk."
15—Motor Matt's Submarine; or, The Strange Cruise of the "Grampus."
16—Motor Matt's Quest; or, Three Chums in Strange Waters.
17—Motor Matt's Close Call; or, The Snare of Don Carlos.
18—Motor Matt in Brazil; or, Under the Amazon.
19—Motor Matt's Defiance; or, Around the Horn.
20—Motor Matt Makes Good; or, Another Victory for the Motor Boys.
21—Motor Matt's Launch; or, A Friend in Need.
22—Motor Matt's Enemies; or, A Struggle for the Right.
23—Motor Matt's Prize; or, The Pluck that Wins.
24—Motor Matt on the Wing; or, Flying for Fame and Fortune.
25—Motor Matt's Reverse; or, Caught in a Losing Game.
26—Motor Matt's "Make or Break"; or, Advancing the Spark of Friendship.
27—Motor Matt's Engagement; or, On the Road With a Show.
28—Motor Matt's "Short Circuit"; or, The Mahout's Vow.
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29—Motor Matt's Make-up; or, Playing a New Role.
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30—Motor Matt's Mandarin; or, Turning a Trick for Tsan Ti.
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31—Motor Matt's Mariner; or, Filling the Bill for Bunce.
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32—Motor Matt's Double-trouble; or, The Last of the Hoodoo.
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Transcriber's Notes:
Added table of contents.
Images may be clicked to view larger versions.
Retained some inconsistent hyphenation; in many cases, words are hyphenated when used as adjectives but unhyphenated when used as nouns.
Front and rear covers, accent is missing from "Role" in original; retained inconsistency.
Page 1, corrected ? to ! after "Howdy, Dutch!"
Page 3, corrected "shimiiy" to "shiminy" in "Py shiminy grickets!"
Page 4, corrected "Wiley" to "Wily" in "Go back to your job, Wily."
Page 6, removed stray single quote after "going to keep it."
Page 8, added missing quote before "I'm the one."
Page 9, corrected typo "minues" in "Inside of five minutes."
Page 11, removed unnecessary quote before "Yes, he decided." (Adding a quote after "Yes" would also have been an option; however, this series usually does not quote thoughts).
Page 16, changed "doin 'a" to "doin' a."
Page 18, changed "go" to "got" in "What have you got to do with this house?"
Page 19, changed "he" to "the" in "the loss o' that Hindoostanee."
Page 21, changed "foolishnes" to "foolishness."
Page 22, changed "fair to asume" to "fair to assume." Changed "every" to "ever" in "on my mind ever since."