Chink : The Development of a Pup 



knowing perfectly well that no one would dare 

 to shoot him. Indeed, the lock of every gun 

 in the party was sealed up by the government 

 officials, and soldiers were everywhere on watch 

 to enforce the laws. 



Thenceforth that Coyote lay in wait for poor 

 Chink, and sought every opportunity to tease 

 him. The little Dog learned that if he went 

 a hundred yards from camp alone, the Coyote 

 would go after him, and bite and chase him 

 right back to his master's tent. 



Day after day this went on, until at last 

 Chink's life was made a misery to him. He 

 did not dare now to go fifty yards from the 

 tent alone ; and even if he went with us when 

 we rode, that fierce and impudent Coyote was 

 sure to turn up and come along, trotting close 

 beside or behind, watching for a chance to 

 worry poor Chink and spoiling all his pleasure 

 in the ramble, but keeping just out of reach of 

 our quirts, or a little farther off when we stopped 

 to pick up some stones. 



One day Aubrey moved his camp a mile up- 

 stream, and we saw less of the Coyote, for the 

 reason that he moved a mile up-stream too, 



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