Illustrations 



THE OLD VIXEN LIES APART WHERE SHE CAN OVER- 

 LOOK THE PLAY AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD . . . Frontispiece 



HE FLINGS OUT A SINGLE "HAW!" AND THE DUCKS 

 SPRING ALOFT ON THE INSTANT AND HEAD SWIFTLY 



OUT TO SEA Facing p. 20 



A SHADOW MOVED FROM THE DARKER SHADOW OF AN 

 UPTURNED ROOT AND A GREAT BUCK STOOD 

 ALERT ON THE OPEN SHORE " 54 



THEY STOOD TENSE AS THEY SEARCHED THE PLAIN 

 AND SURROUNDING WOODS FOR THE SOURCE OF 

 DANGER ^ " 102 



THE COURSE HE TOOK WAS ENTIRELY DIFFERENT 

 FROM THAT TAKEN BY THE MAN WHO BROUGHT 

 THE VIXEN HOME " 166 



So INNOCENT AND So APPEALING THAT IT Is HARD TO 



KEEP YOUR HANDS FROM HIM " 192 



His MASSIVE HEAD THRUST FORWARD AS HE TRIED 

 TO PENETRATE THE FAR DISTANCE WITH His 

 NEAR-SIGHTED EYES 252 



AT SUCH A TIME MY POND SEEMED TO AWAKEN AND 



SHED ITS SILENCE LIKE A GARMENT " 270 





