| vol. iii.—no. 144. | Published by HARPER & BROTHERS. New York. | price four cents. |
| Tuesday, August 1, 1882. | Copyright, 1882, by Harper & Brothers. | $1.50 per Year, in Advance. |
MR. STUBBS'S BROTHER.[1]
BY JAMES OTIS,
Author of "Toby Tyler," "Tim and Tip," etc.
Chapter XVIII.
COLLECTING THE ANIMALS.
It was quite a task to extract the porcupine quills from Mr. Stubbs'sbrother, because the operation was painful, and he danced about in a waythat seriously interfered with the work.
But the last one was out after a time, and the monkey was marched alongbetween Joe and Toby, looking very repentant now that he was in hismaster's power again.
"I tell you what it is," said Joe, sagely, after he had walked awhile insilence as if studying some matter, "we'd better get about six bigchains an' fasten Mr. Stubbs's brother to the tent; 'cause if we keep ontryin' to train him, he'll keep on gettin' loose, an' before he getsthrough with it, we sha'n't have any show left."
"I think that's the best thing we can do," panted Leander; "'cause ifall hands of us has to start out many times like this, some