[Concord, Massachusetts]
[September 30, 1912]
[no. 3]

in and out among the sticks with easy grace and
showing himself at a dozen different places along its
face he ascended to a shelf just under the roof
and nosed along this for half its length. Then turning
back he reared up on his hind legs to inspect
the ceiling which is of pine logs rather widely
spaced with a board roof above them. The next
instant he sprang up between two of the logs with
eager haste and almost immediately
dislodged the Rat who fell headlong to the wood
pile and racing across it jumped to a lower
shelf, alighting on a pile of magazines there.
Before he could gather himself for another spring
the weasel leaped across and again seized
him by the middle of the back again releasing
him after a single bite which failed, as had