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HE STAYS OUTSIDE=TO CHASE CATs. 
to do so I went with them, out into the 
country, and started to look for rabbits. 
After we had gone a long distance and 
were nearly discouraged one of the men 
mmacemin cried, 9 Tit, Hi! 1. will never 
forget how that word rang in my ears. 
Lufra cried, “Come on quick; that means 
a rabbit,’ and sure enough, right in front 
of us went one hopping along on 3 legs. 
I don’t know why they make jack rab- 
bits with only 3 legs, but I suppose it is 
sO we can catch them now and then, for 
I am sure if they had 4 we could never 
get up with them at all. 
Away we went after the rabbit and I 
never saw anything run as Lufra did. She 
fairly flew and I was left far behind. I 
soon learned that if I kept behind the 
other dogs I stood a good show to get a 
bite of the rabbit when he turned. I 
got 2 or 3 splendid snaps at him in that 
way but was not quite near enough at 
any time. All at once the first dog turn- 
ed him almost into the mouth of the sec- 
ond one, who snapped at him, but missed 
him. Lufra picked him up, but stumbled 
and rolled heels over head. throwing the 
rabbit right into my mouth. 
I never stopped to think whether he 
would scratch, like that nasty old cat I 
caught, but I shut my eyes and gave him a 
good hardcrunch. Howhedid squeal and 
how good it was to feel his ribs snapping 
and breaking between my jaws! An old, 
lank, consumptive hound ran in and grab- 
bed my rabbit and of course I hung on. 
He pulled the rabbit all to pieces, and I 
had to swallow my half at a gulp or he 
would have had that, too. I was always 
taught it was not polite to wrangle over 
anything to eat—only low dogs did that; 
so 1 did not think much of Luira’s friend. 
We hunted on, and caught several more 
FAD DIEM DUtMMATEMOt ect anchAancerd mone, 
nor would those piggish cogs give me 
even a smell of one after they had caught 
it. However, I had a splendid day and 
shall never forget it, but oh, how tired I 
was when I got home! I told Jack ail 
about it that evening but he turned up 
liSeaMOSeCr dts astiGhee tits Ele ‘said’ that 
some day he would take me into the 
woodshed) for a. iat hunt, and then. 1 
would see what fun was. 
Soon after this Berkshire took Grand- 
ma and me out into the country on a rab- 
bit hunt. We went to a large field and 
Berkshire told us to “Hi, on!” and off we 
went. 1 looked alll over that field for a 
rabbit, but I could not find one. After | 
had run for about half an hour I was tired 
and=slowedmip =a, little tome@er. breath. ol 
looked for Grandma, and saw her quite a 
way off, standing still and looking awful- 
ly foolish. I supposed she had a rabbit, 
and I knew I stood no show of having any 
of the fun if it started to run before I got 
near it, so Il rushed up as fast as I could. 
Something in me told me to stop and stif- 
fen out. as Grandma was doing, but 
I remembered those piggish dogs with 
Lufra and the temptation to get the first 
bite at that rabbit was too great for me to 
resist. I gotuptoGrandmaandran around 


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in front of her to be sure of being ahead 
when the rabbit started. Suddenly I 
smelt something that stiffened me out 
