. Lives of the hunted, containing a true account of the doings of five quadrupeds & three birds and, in elucidation of the same, over 200 drawings . Tito alive into the same bag with its dead brothers,and, bruised and frightened, lay there very still,understanding nothing, knowing only that aftera long time of great noise and cruel jolting itwas again half strangled by a grip on its neckand dragged out, where were a lot of creatureslike the diggers. These were really the inhabitants of theChimney-pot Ranch, whose brand is the Broad-arrow ; and among them were the children forwhom the cub had b
. Lives of the hunted, containing a true account of the doings of five quadrupeds & three birds and, in elucidation of the same, over 200 drawings . Tito alive into the same bag with its dead brothers,and, bruised and frightened, lay there very still,understanding nothing, knowing only that aftera long time of great noise and cruel jolting itwas again half strangled by a grip on its neckand dragged out, where were a lot of creatureslike the diggers. These were really the inhabitants of theChimney-pot Ranch, whose brand is the Broad-arrow ; and among them were the children forwhom the cub had been brought. The bosshad no difficulty in getting Jake to acceptthe dollar that the cub Coyote would havebrought in bounty-money, and his present wasturned over to the children. In answer to theirquestion, What is it? a Mexican cow-handpresent said it was a Coyotito,—that is, a littleCoyote,—and this, afterward shortened to Tito, became the captives name. II Tito was a pretty little creature, with woollybody, a puppy-like expression, and a head thatwas singularly broad between the ears. 270. Coyotito, the Captive. Tito But, as a childrens pet, she—for it provedto be a female—was not a success. She wasdistant and distrustful. She ate her food andseemed healthy, but never responded to friendlyadvances; never even learned to come out ofthe box when called. This probably was dueto the fact that the kindness of the small chil-dren was offset by the roughness of the menand boys, who did not hesitate to drag her outby the chain when they wished to see her. Onthese occasions she would suffer in silence,playing possum, shamming dead, for she seemedto know that that was the best thing to do. Butas soon as released she would once more retireinto the darkest corner of her box, and watchher tormentors with eyes that, at the properangle, showed a telling glint of green. Among the children of the ranchmen was athirteen-year-old boy. The fact that he grewup to be like his father, a kin
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