ALONG FOUR-FOOTED TRAILS 



another before eating them. Presently the 

 larger one secured a dainty stem of the plant 

 and handed it to his companion who took it in 

 her paw with a bow of her head in the most 

 human-like way; she then sat up holding the 

 stem daintily in one paw until all was eaten. 

 Sam became very much interested in this bit of 

 love-making and moved slightly in order to 

 see more clearly. The sharp eyes of the 

 Mayor saw him and with one commanding 

 bark from himself and several from those who 

 seemingly sat in council on the near-by hillocks, 

 they sent the dogs hurrying along the many 

 avenues and streets of the town from which 

 they had assembled and tumbling into their 

 holes, they left the town apparently uninhab- 

 ited. It was some time before there was a move 

 in the village, and the old Mayor was the first 

 to take a cautious view of the surrounding coun- 

 try. 



The heavy dew began to fall as the sun sank 

 in the west. Sam felt damp and chilly so he 

 arose and left his only near neighbors and made 

 his way back across the meadow to his lonely 

 dugout. 



