Some Queer Experiences 
with Reynard 
(Continued from page 678) 
him there, dead. I had had the luck 
to kill him through a two-foot wall of 
snow.” 

M Y uncle used to declare that in spite 
of his extraordinary cleverness, 
reynard would sometimes act with seem- 
ing stupidity, in proof of which he re- | 
lated, among other instances, the fol- 
lowing: 
“T had started to climb over a high 
six-barred gate in a pasture road, as 
I ran to intercept a fox in front of the 
dogs. Just as I threw a leg over the 
- top bar I saw the fox’s head pop into 
sight around a corner the wall, a long 
gunshot distant. He scented me and 
stopped on the instant and tried to lo- 
cate me, while I remained immovable. 
As there was absolutely nothing to ob- 
_ struct his view, I supposed he must soon 
see me, but soon I saw that though look- 
ing in my general direction, he was 
looking too low. He was not accus- 



tomed to seeing humans in so elevated 
a position and was actually looking 
right under me. I was in an awkward 
position to shoot, though fortunately 
(careless though it might be) both ham- 
mers were cocked. I knew that my 
first movement would draw his atten- 
tion, so with a single swift motion I 
threw my gun to shoulder and pulled 
both triggers in quick succession. The 
force of the recoil knocked me sprawl- 
ing to the ground. But I got the fox, 
though he was a full hundred yards 
distant and only his head and shoulders 
visible. It was in the days of the muz- 
zle-loader and in addition to the regular 
charge I used to drop a pistol bullet 
down each barrel. One of these had 
pierced his heart. x 
“It did seem mighty stupid in him to 
stand there with me in plain sight and 
allow me to pop him over. But I guess 
in some cases men act just as foolish,” 
finished my uncle reflectively. 
Mounting vs. Stufhing 
HE day of “upholstered birds and 
animals” and “stuffed” fish is 
rapidly drawing to a close, thanks to 
sportsmen and nature lovers who de- 
mand high artistic standards in their 
mounted trophies. 
Hunters and anglers used to content 
themselves with horrible examples of 
overstuffed deer heads with bulging 
eyes and bulbous necks, badly done fish, 
stiff as boards, and obese pheasants and 
grouse which eternally gave one the 
impression that they were about to 
topple over. 
But the small-town undertaker who, 
through village tradition, is invariably, 
a taxidermist of sorts, is gradually los- 
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