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white hairs disappeared. This made her rather 

 conspicuous as she leaped over the snowless fields 

 or in the yard close to the barn in search of 

 food. In this way she came to be known as 

 " White-Jack." 



All during the long winter months White- 

 Jack led a solitary life, always on the alert, 

 and ready to bound off at the least suspicious 

 sound. Her hearing was very keen, that being 

 one of the rabbit's chief means of protection. 

 She kept close to her " form " under the plum- 

 thicket and never ventured more than a quarter 

 of a mile, unless chased by some unfriendly 

 neighborhood dog. 



It had been very cold for nearly a week; the 

 wind swept the snow and loose soil across the 

 prairie in one direction and then changed its 

 course and swept it back again. The lone rab- 

 bit had eaten all the tender shoots and bark 

 from the plum bushes. Cold and hungry she 

 crept from the bare hiding-place known as her 

 home and leaped in the direction of the barn- 

 yard. The hens had been fed indoors on ac- 

 count of the storm. So poor White-Jack 

 was not to secure her supper where she had 



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