no bark had reached his ears. Then all at 
once he came upon the hunters dismounted 
and standing around a hole in the ground 
where two of the dogs were sniffing and digging 
fiercely. 
There was just time to drop his bag behind a 
bush when one of the gentlemen saw him and 
called: ‘‘Come here, Pete, and build a fire so we 
can see what we are doing.” 
In the most polite and obliging manner pos- 
sible he hurried to comply with the order. Then 
they all stood around the fire until the man who 
had gone to the nearest house to get a spade re- 
turned, and Pete was set to work to help the 
dogs dig out the fox that had been run to earth. 
It was well after sunrise when the task was 
completed and the hunters rode away waving the 
brush. 
Watching until they were out of sight, Pete 
went back, picked up his sack, and started 
home. He climbed the fence and was just going 
to cross the sweet-potato field when he heard a 
bell and looked around expecting to see a cow, 
but there was none in sight. Again it rang out, 
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