Foam—A Razor-Backed Hog 
and in many raids their losses had been heavy. 
But this was the climax. The sow on which his 
hopes were built was the victim selected by the Bear. 
This is why Hill Billy Bogue received two in- 
vitations in one day to come with his “‘houn’ 
dawgs” and win immortal fame as the defender of 
gardens and pens. 
There were reasons for favoring Prunty. Henty 
was little loved: he was too rich and grasping, 
and had used harsh language toward Bogue, with 
threats of law for crimes that certainly had been 
committed by some one near. 
So Hill Billy appeared at the Prunty home with 
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ve gaunt dogs and a new sense of social uplift. 
i HN Much as the undertaker dominates all the house- 
===22 _ hold at a funeral, so Hill Billy at once assumed 
the air and authority of a commander and expert. 
“Ho, ho! Wall I be goshed! 
*{ Look at them for tracks—a hull 
mig family. | Gee whiskers! 
= . =—===3 what an ole socker! I bet 
J wer ‘ yeh that was a fo’-hunder- 
&. pound Boar.” 
a " “Qh, daddy,” cried Lizette, “do you 
suppose it was Foam?” 
“Don’t care if it was,” said Prunty. ‘We can’t 
stand this destruction; it’s a case of stop right now.” 
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