The Springfield Fox 



went and trotted along in the shallow watei 



near the margin for two hundred yards, then 



came out straight toward me. Though in full 



view, he saw me not but came up the hill 



watching over his shoulder for the hound. 



Within ten feet of me he turned and sat with 



his back to me while he craned his neck and 



showed an eager interest in the doings of the 



hound. Ranger came bawling along the trail 



till he came to the running water, the killer of 



scent, and here he was puzzled ; but there was /f 



only one thing to do ; that was by going up 



and down both banks find where the fox had 







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left the river. **- \»\ ^ 



The fox before me shifted his position a little £ ^ 



to get a better view and watched with a most 

 human interest all the circling of the hound. 

 He was so close that I saw the hair of his 

 shoulder bristle a little when the dog came in 

 sight. I could see the jumping of his heart on his 

 ribs, and the gleam of his yellow eye. When the 

 dog was wholly baulked by the water trick, it 

 was comical to see : — he could not sit still, but 

 rocked up and down in glee, and reared on his 

 hind feet to get a better view of the slow-plod- 



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