188 TRUE BEAR STORIES.

the world beautiful? Now, either these
jack-rabbits must go or we must go.”

“Very well,” answered the president.
“Offer a reward for their ears and let the
boys destroy them.”

“How much reward can I offer?”

“Five cents apiece, I think, would do,”
answered the head of the college, as he
passed on up the great stone steps to his
study.

The gardener got the boys together that
evening and said, “I will give you five cents
apiece for the ears of these dreadful rab-
bits.”

“That makes ten cents for each rabbit,
for each rabbit has two ears!’ shouted the
smart boy from Boston.

Before the dumfounded gardener could
protest, the boys had broken into shouts
of enthusiasm, and were running away in
squads and in couples to borrow, buy or
beg firearms for their work.

The smart boy from Boston, however,
with an eye to big profits and a long job,