Bannertail 



"yapped" so persistently that two boys 

 who were leagued with the dog for all 

 manner of evil, came, marked the hole 

 and spent half an hour throwing stones 

 at it, varying their volleys with heavy 

 pounding on the trunk to "make the 

 Squirrel come out." 



Of course, neither Bannertail nor Sil- 

 vergray did show themselves. That is 

 very old wood -wisdom. "Lay low, keep 

 out of sight when the foe is on the war- 

 path." And at last the besiegers and 

 their yap-colleague tramped away with- 

 out having seen sign or hair of a Squirrel. 



There was very little to the inci- 

 dent, but it sank deep into Silvergray's 

 small brain. "This nest is ill-concealed. 

 Every hostile creature finds it." 



There was yet another circumstance 

 that urged action. Shall I tell it ? It is 

 so unpicturesque. A Squirrel's nest is a 

 breeding-ground for vermin; a nest that 



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