he was almost dead. He was revived, 
however, by the placing of ice on his 
head. This gave him relief. He seemed 
to understand plainly the help he was 
getting as he lay still for about ten 
minutes. Then all of a sudden he 
seemed to be well again and as full of 
life as before. 
The most amusing incident of all was 
the dog-tax collector’s visit. This man 
came to the rear of the house asking if 
there was a dog to be taxed. He was 
told that there was. none, he then 
walked away by the side porch and saw 
the fox laying there sunning himself. 
He at once turned back with all the ap- 
pearance of a man who had been im- 
posed upon, asking if “that dog” should 
not be counted as taxable. He was told 
that it was not a dog but a fox. This 
settled the matter and there was not 
another word said. 
As a rule, when the fox was out of 
doors alone he was chained to the porch 
or the garage, but he sometimes was 
left loose and would then run around 
the neighborhood. At one time he was 
gone for two days and the thought was 
that he had left for good, but on the 
third day he was found sleeping on a 
neighbor’s porch. This family was 
away from home at the time, and he 
had evidently found the place so quiet 
and peaceful that he simply stayed on. 
At night he must have roamed around, 
as this is the time when foxes as a rule 
are very active. 
One night towards fall he was again 
chained to the side porch; he was now 
fully grown and had a fine, bushy tail. 
The ring holding the chain had given 
away and the fox went off toward a 
ravine a short distance from the house. 
In the underbrush, the chain caught 
and the little fellow never came back 
nor was he then found. I had an ad 
in the local newspaper offering reward 
for the return of a tame fox. The son 
hunted far and wide and was at this 
particular ravine, but the fox was not 
found until a month or two later, when 
some boys found the collar and chain 
and part of a fox’s tail in the under- 
brush. The forest life instinct had 
gotten the upper hand to his own un- 
doing, tame and tractable as was the 
once wild fox. 
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