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where he lives, and often draws on him 

 the vengeance of hunters whose valuables 

 he has pilfered. 



Also, the country he lives in is subject 

 to both fire and flood, and on the ap- 

 proach of either destructive element the 

 poor Pack-rat is in a terrible state. He 

 wishes to move his treasures, and tries to 

 secure the help of his neighbors; all, 

 however, are busily engaged with their 

 bibelots. He rushes frantically about, 

 endeavoring to take to some place of 

 safety his rarest acquisitions — that door- 

 knob which he was three long nights in 

 carrying from the ranch-house, that piece 

 of green soap, or that set of false teeth 

 stolen from the passing picnic party; then 

 he is horrified at the idea of leaving these 

 valuables while he retums for more. Fi- 

 nally he becomes so bewildered by terror 



