Tito 



and one day, while exercising his arduous pro- 

 fession in the country west of Chimney Butte, 

 Jake's glasses and glance fell by chance on a 

 dark spot which moved along an open hillside. 

 It was gray, and it looked like this: and even ^ 



Jake knew that that meant Coyote. If it had ^^ 

 been a gray Wolf it would have been so: with / • *v 



tail up. A Fox would have looked so : the 

 large ears and tail and the yellow color would *^^^, fc 

 have marked it. And a Deer would have looked 

 so : That dark shade from the front end meant 

 something in his mouth, — probably something ,- -"; f 



being carried home, — and that would mean a /I ' \ 

 den of little ones. 



He made careful note of the place, and re- 

 turned there next day to watch, selecting a high 

 butte near where he had seen the Coyote car- 

 rying the food. But all day passed, and he saw 

 nothing. Next day, however, he descried a 

 dark Coyote, old Saddleback, carrying a large 

 Bird, and by the help of the glasses he made 

 out that it was a Turkey, and then he knew that 

 the yard at home was quite empty, and he also 

 knew where the rest of them had gone, and 

 vowed terrible vengeance when he should find 



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