I have a bear, six squirrels, one of them white, and some pigeons." Betty led the way to an enclosure adjoining Colonel Zane's barn.

It was about twenty feet square, made of pine saplings which had been split and driven firmly into the ground.

As Betty took down a bar and opened the small gate a number of white pigeons fluttered down from the roof of the barn, several of them alighting on her shoulders.

A half-grown black bear came out of a kennel and shuffled toward her.

He was unmistakably glad to see her, but he avoided going near Tige, and looked doubtfully at the young man.