BISMARCK, THE RED SQUIRREL 



they ever after hold. The young females, 

 later on, are mated, and remove to the locality 

 inhabited by their mates. Whether the par- 

 ents have anything to do in selecting sons-in- 

 law is beyond my knowledge. I have known 

 an old male to fly into a passion when a smart 

 young red tried to flirt with his daughter. 

 The flirtation was cut short by the angry 

 father, who run the young dandy off his ter- 

 ritory. Kicked him out-of-doors, so to speak. 

 Another young red that courted the daughter 

 was tolerated, if not welcomed, by the father. 

 He was the choice of the old fellow beyond 

 doubt, but I do not know how the young lady 

 decided the matter. Perhaps she eloped with 

 the smart young red. 



Bismarck, the grizzled old warrior, held 

 my dooryard for several years. One winter, 

 when there was .a famine in the land because 

 the nut crop had failed, a muscular young 

 red thought he could drive Bismarck away. 

 A fierce battle was the consequence, and Bis- 

 marck killed his antagonist, but was disfigured 

 for life by the loss of the end of his tail. 

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