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Show Younij Son of Great Inventor 1 Makes Pets of Small Alligators J Theodore K-llaon, (tin C year old aon of Iho Inventor, Klvia Ipdlrallon even at hla enrly ' of poe lnK aomo of tie liiRcniilly of hi t!lutrlon fnther. He haa not vet begun to dnhbln In In-vi In-vi ntlona. but he ha almwn marked orli'lfallty In hla choice of pi-ta. Among Hu m aro five hahy alllKnt.ira which lie linpii,:lit from r'lnrlda Inat wlnli r. and In' lon a to irnl.c the via-Itnr via-Itnr ut the KdlHon home aniualnl'il wllh them. ll.Ti'ctly. when hla moth- er gave an aflerniKin tea, Thoodnre concluded thut thu women would 1m liiturvathd In eaatng hla peln,; The advent ad-vent of five wrlKKllng. aciulrmlng baby Vuiiira In the anna of a little Imialn-heiilid Imialn-heiilid boy In the Kdlaon dining room wia accomtmnlcd wilh a cliorua of acronma of alarm. When one of the IwlHtlng amphlhliina managed to va-cape va-cape the graap of Theodoru and wrig gle complacently over ttie floor there waa n uddr ru' for chnlra on the part of the women, and deaplt tte aanurancea of the hoy that hla pel were perfectly liurmlcn It could hardly hard-ly In cul l IV.al Hi! Innovation at reception met Willi aueceaa. Tho Inillffen nt reception that hla IH'ta received hurt Uie lender feellnita of Then lore. an. I ne enrneatly aaailr,., ! the cucata that he waa only trying to do whnt he ronaldered hla ahare of Iff ''Kj ' i.t rr.T the entertaining. Thla explanation anved him the r'pniofa Ihat were fn atom for him. ard aome of the gneata ventured from their elevated poalllona and exhll:t-d t-ei-n Intereat In the trnnire peta. Hut Theodore aaw Ihat th" ill hut of hla nlllentora Into aoclety hr l not been the aueceaa that their vr.luc aa peta ahould have aured, and gnlherlng them aecurely In hla nrma. he marched amrdlly back to the big tub In the yard which la their retreat 'Miki m i iv lis il imMb, , r-grrg-'3Mriaii i xL VrrT AZJJGATax Young Kdlson la particularly proue of hla pet nlllgntors. The Kdlsons have a winter IoiIko on tho fast coast of Klorli'n, ami It was there that the little alligators were acquired. The first thing Theodore does when he has visitors la to tnko them to the tub III the yard, and for their edition Inn pk'K hla peta out of the water one by ono. Uul be has another put which Is much dearer to him than all the alligators alli-gators In Florida. Ho I proud of his "wrlsglers" because they are curiosities, curios-ities, but the lack of affection which they display and their utter Indifference Indiffer-ence to vile oomlnai an irolww ua " I them from becoming prime favorites wllh him. It la a little gray rabbit named Stnr that Is cluneal to Ills heart. Htar and Theodore understand each other thoroughly thor-oughly and there la real sorrow In the rabbit's eyes when the boy leave It. |
