Woodsy neighbours of Tan and Teckle . S and his very nearness to Tan and Teckleshome probably served to keep the boys anddogs away. For he made his forays on thechickens and ducks early in the night, sothat he always had plenty of time to lay outa devious trail which the dogs could not fol-low. After winding in and out for a mile orso he would get into the creek and wade andswim a long way, leaving absolutely no trick he learned was to climb into atree from the top of a fence, and leap downfrom the farther side, to deceive the had a hundred tricks, and usually he wasfast
Woodsy neighbours of Tan and Teckle . S and his very nearness to Tan and Teckleshome probably served to keep the boys anddogs away. For he made his forays on thechickens and ducks early in the night, sothat he always had plenty of time to lay outa devious trail which the dogs could not fol-low. After winding in and out for a mile orso he would get into the creek and wade andswim a long way, leaving absolutely no trick he learned was to climb into atree from the top of a fence, and leap downfrom the farther side, to deceive the had a hundred tricks, and usually he wasfast asleep in his box elder tree while thedogs were panting on his track. The doings of Striped Face himself wouldmake a long, long story, for he lived in thewoodland for many a year, and proved him-self so cunning and resourceful, and such anenemy to mankind, that finally he was quiteforgiven for having been a dependent of Tan and Teckle could never quite likehim because he was a meat eater, and at anytime might try to eat ANOTHER TRICK HE LEARNED WAS TO CLIMB INTO A TREEFROM THE TOP OF A FENCE ft* £
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