though he was
carried comfortably in Dan's arms, and it was not until the outskirts
of the city were reached that the goose was requested to walk. There
the pavements were free from snow, and Crippy could move along much
faster than on the icy road; but yet his progress was far from
satisfactory.

The great number of people, all of whom regarded the boy and the goose
curiously, bewildered both the travellers. More than once, when Dan was
sure Crippy was close at his heels, on looking around he would see the
goose, standing on one foot near the curbstone, looking sideways at the
street, much as if trying to decide whether he would continue to follow
his master, or toddle back home as fast as his legs of unequal length
would carry him.

"Oh, come on, Crippy," Dan said, in a tone that showed plainly how
tired and discouraged he was. "We sha'n't ever find uncle Robert this
way, an' if a strange dog comes along, where will you be ? "

It seemed very much as if Crippy had not realized that he might chance
to meet a dog,
until Dan spoke of it, for then he ran hurriedly on, as if he fully
understood the danger that might come to him by loitering on the way.

But there were other enemies besides dogs, which Crippy was to meet
with, as he and Dan learned when they reached the more densely
populated portions of the city, and those enemies were boys.

Dan was walking slowly on, looking first at the houses, in the hope of
seeing some of his