. Wild animals I have known : and 200 drawings . ll, and when old Scar- 210 The Springfield Fox face trotted to his lookout to watch the dullhound on the river flat below, my uncle remorse-lessly shot him in the back, at the very momentwhen he was grinning over a new triumph. IV But still the hens were disappearing. Myuncle was wrathy. He determined to conductthe war himself, and sowed the woods withpoison baits, trusting to luck that our own dogswould not get them. He indulged in contemptu-ous remarks on my by-gone woodcraft, and wentout evenings with a gun and the two dogs, to seewhat he cou
. Wild animals I have known : and 200 drawings . ll, and when old Scar- 210 The Springfield Fox face trotted to his lookout to watch the dullhound on the river flat below, my uncle remorse-lessly shot him in the back, at the very momentwhen he was grinning over a new triumph. IV But still the hens were disappearing. Myuncle was wrathy. He determined to conductthe war himself, and sowed the woods withpoison baits, trusting to luck that our own dogswould not get them. He indulged in contemptu-ous remarks on my by-gone woodcraft, and wentout evenings with a gun and the two dogs, to seewhat he could destroy. Vix knew right well what a poisoned bait was;she passed them by or else treated them withactive contempt, but one she dropped downthe hole of an old enemy, a skunk, who wasnever afterward seen. Formerly old Scarfacewas always ready to take charge of the dogs,and keep them out of mischief. But now thatVix had the whole burden of the brood, shecould no longer spend time in breaking everytrack to the den, and was not always at hand 211.
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