RECREATION. 



XXXV 



THAT BLACK FOX. 



When I reached the trapping age, we lived 

 on a farm in North Dakota, with plenty of 

 room to look out for signs. At one time 

 an old sandpit, on the top of a large hill, 

 showed signs of habitation, the South side 

 being lined with holes of all sizes. The 

 traps were set and covered with tissue pa- 

 per ; and a thin layer of sand was scattered 

 over all. 



The next afternoon Bill and I went 

 again. Approaching the North side of the 

 pit, we looked over in time to see a scurry 

 of black and hear the rattle of the chain 

 as some trapped animal attempted to es- 

 cape. 



"Bill," I shouted, "it's a black fox!" 



"Gee ! They sell for a whole lot, don't 

 they?" 



"You bet," I answered, but how to get 

 the beast was the main question. I had 

 never had much experience with black 

 foxes. Neither had Bill. I did not know 

 but they might be dangerous. We decided 

 that Bill should get over on the South side 

 just above the trap, lean over, twist his axe 

 blade in the trap chain, and drag the fox 

 out for me to shoot. 



The plan worked well. Bill pulled and 

 strained at. his axe handle, a black form 

 rolled unwillingly out, and I blazed away. 



About that time a pale blue smell arose. 

 At first it was light and feathery, like heat 

 from the kitchen fire on winter mornings, 

 but it developed power and grandeur until 

 it rolled forth from that old sandpit like 

 lava from Mont Pelee. The dog moved 

 off down the hill and viewed us disconso- 

 lately. He was a well bred animal. 



"Gee !" yelled Bill ; "does black foxes 

 smell like this?" Bill was from town, you 

 see, and didn't know. 



"No," I shouted, hitting the high places 

 as I ran, "but skunks does." 



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