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 at Bud's first words, "I've come to buy back the red fox," he said. "Kitty and I have concluded that I ought to buy him back and set him free."

"You see, Mr. Jennings," put in the girl, "he's a wild fox and he loves the out-of-doors. He was born on the mountain and he has hunted in the meadows, and he could never be happy here in the fox pen, so Bud has come to buy him back."

Mr. Jennings looked at them in astonishment, which finally ended in his laugbing beartily.

"What about college?" he asked. "I thought this five undred dollars was to start you off."

"Yes, it was," said Kitty. "But we have to do what's right. Bud and I talked it all over and we agreed he could not keep the money, if Redcoat bad to be a prisoner on his account."

"All right," replied Mr. Jennings. "I will sell him to you on one condition. He's kind of wild this morning and you'll have to catch him yourselves." So he led the