Tito 



catch. His little brothers and sisters were under 

 special protection of the Home Government. 

 The Dogs ran far away whenever they saw him 

 coming with the rope in his hands. So he must 

 needs practise on the unfortunate Coyotito. She 

 soon learned that her only hope for peace was 

 to hide in the kennel, or, if thrown at when 

 outside, to dodge the rope by lying as flat as pos- 

 sible on the ground. Thus Lincoln unwittingly 

 taught the Coyote the dangers and limitations 

 of a rope, and so he proved a blessing in dis- 

 guise — a very perfect disguise. When the 

 Coyote had thoroughly learned how to baffle 

 the lasso, the boy terror devised a new amuse- 

 ment. He got a large trap of the kind known 

 as " Fox-size." This he set in the dust as he 

 had seen Jake set a Wolf-trap, close to the 

 kennel, and over it he scattered scraps of meat, 

 \ in the most approved style for Wolf-trapping. 



\ After a while Tito, drawn by the smell of the 



y meat, came hungrily sneaking out toward it, 



y-" and almost immediately was caught in the trap 



/ by one foot. The boy terror was watching 



V from a near hiding-place. He gave a wild 



"v Indian whoop of delight, then rushed forward 



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