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delicate little ears and shaking his head as he runs barking- 

 round your place of concealment. For a moment he stands 

 perfectly still, and as you look through the opening in the 

 junipers you see him perfectly rigid, except for a slight 

 twitching of his nose and ears. But that last moment has 



HYBRID BLACKGAME AXD GROUSE. 



been enough to satisfy him that what was an instant 

 before imagination is now a painful certainty. So he 

 makes a bound or two to one side, to see what effect it 

 will have towards making you disclose yourself altogether 



O / J O 



and satisfy his curiosity. You still refuse to materialise, 

 so he gives you a final coquettish shake of his pretty head 



