Doctor Dell gets lonesome awful easy." He looked over his shoulder uneasily.

"I guess I better go back and tell her I'm goin' to git a baby bear cub for a pet," he said, and reined Silver around to act upon the impulse.
"No--don't do that, Buck." H.J.Owens pulled his horse in front of Silver.

"It isn't far--just a little ways.

And it would be fun to surprise them at the ranch Gee! When they saw you ride up with a pet bear cub in your arms--" H.J.Owens shook his head as though he could not find words to express the surprise of the Kid's family.
The Kid smiled his Little Doctor smile.

"I'd tell a man!" he assented enthusiastically.