Tito 



alive into the same bag with its dead brothers, 

 and, bruised and frightened, lay there very still, 

 understanding nothing, knowing only that after 

 a long time of great noise and cruel jolting it 

 was again half strangled by a grip on its neck 

 and dragged out, where were a lot of creatures 

 like the diggers. 



These were really the inhabitants of the 

 Chimney-pot Ranch, whose brand is the Broad- 

 arrow ; and among them were the children for 

 whom the cub had been brought. The boss 

 had no difficulty in getting Jake to accept 

 the dollar that the cub Coyote would have 

 brought in bounty-money, and his present was 

 turned over to the children. In answer to their 

 question, "What is it?" a Mexican cow-hand 

 present said it was a Coyotito, — that is, a " little 

 Coyote,"— and this, afterward shortened to 

 ' Tito," became the captive's name. 



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Tito was a pretty little creature, with woolly 

 body, a puppy-like expression, and a head that 

 was singularly broad between the ears. 



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