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By Thornton Burgess

When Billy Mink ai'i'n'ed, Little Joe had tried to drive him away. He Ere yoirr temper you have lost hadn't. succeeded. Look nheitd mid count the cost. "You're 3. big bully. and you cant s-Old Mother Nature;catch me if you try!" taunted Billy ..-o.. (Mink as he lloatcd in the water Little Too-Smart, the young Foxy looking up at his big cousin on the who was trying to liiid a place for bank, iiimseii in the Great World, haul Mme Joe meuded not .0 mm . l P N59 made We 3Cq”3m””5e ml him. Hi: paid no attention to him W0 COUSUIS. 0118 W55 1115 and 300'” Billy Mink climbed out on the bank natured. the other was small aiidla mm, way 0”, ms small Mad; quick tempered. Both were riresseoi was red Wm, anger, far he ,5 qm” 1" hmwnr Bum W9" Very much 3' of temper and he resented Little home in the Water. 01 course. 019: Joe's eiiort to drive mm out or that little Fox was not at home in tliei pool. water. Iti fact. iiiitll this day no ucmch me ” you mm. yml mg had "CV" 5”” WM” 9Xi'”P'- "Al bully! Catch inc if you min!" cried "V 19” W01” in” 5'” M I'M” am” Billy Mink, and then no hissed. Like made little puddle-. Now, he was mm” of me wmsm ;;mu1)3 ma nn the price or .1 big brook. and no . hmes when he 15 angry. really didn't know what to inakel For 3 while Lime Joe 0”" pam W 11- liiu attention to Billy Mink, but at

On the bank. not far from him ilnst even his patience gavc way, and

THE ART!-Il'l. DODGER.

little at all. In the hater, Just hlsiiiot tiicrc. Lillie Joc is quick, but head above the suriace, was tliclBilly Mink is quickcr. especially other colisiii. Billy Mink. Both are! on land.

famous iisiieriiicii, Both are iastl "You dldii'i do it. you big bully enough swiniiners to catch iish in and you can't do it!” hissed Biilv a chase under water. Little Joe had Mink, and there he n as poking his caught three fish belorc his small head around a stone oil to one cousin arrived. One of these he had side.

given in Littlc Too-Siiiai't, the iirst Little Joe sprain: nitcr lilll again

"You're a big bully, and you can" catch me it you try,” taunted Billy Mink.

that it would have caught almost anyone else, but it didn't catch BiiLy Mink. He dodged so quickly that the little Fox, looking on, wasn't sure which way Billy went. You see. Billy Mink is one of the most artiul dodgers or all the little people who wear iur in iliis respect he is like his smal- ler cousin. Shadow the Weasel. ll you are trying to catch either oi them, it is 3 case of now you see them and now you don't.

Little Joe Otter soon gave up, He grinned at the little Fox. ior little Joe really is good-natured. "1 should have known better than to try to catch that nuisance." said Little Joe. "He is too quick for me. I suppose now that he has come. i may as well move on. There Ire not enough fish in this pool for both of us."

Just then, there was s. shun whistling sound. It was made bv big wings. one of the Hawk folk

iish the small Fox ever had lasted -,1: has a quick spring. It was so

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iiie gone? The little Fox couium

had shot down from high in the l air. His great curved claws were isei

in clutch Billy Mink. They didnli

clutch him. Billy simply was no

longer there, With a scream or dis- I appointment and rage, the big iliawk checked himself Lnd began

to climb tip in the blue, blue sky

ngsiiii. The artiiil dodger poked his N head up from between two stones 1 He hissed angrily as he watcliecl his . would-be captor fly away. His beaay ' eyes were redder than cverg he was . in II. bad temper. He sat up. Little I Toossmart could see the White, spot 3on Billy's chest. Otherwise, he was i all in brown. He looked this way and that way, than all in a. flash. he was no longer there. Which way him

tell. He had vanished as it by magic. "You see," said Little Joe Otter

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in the postmortem. East said that he had been tempted to double tour hearts, but his sell-restrained was in order. His holding warranted only limited optimism e- enough lot I pass, but not enough Ior I. double.

West laid down the king and ICC of spades. South ruiied, cashed his two high trumps, then ran off his solid clubs, discarding I diamond from dummy. East did not fall into the error of milling the iourth club with his high trump; he discarded the three of diamonds.

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trying to catch that iellow is a waste or time. What. do you say it we do a little sliding?" There was a twinkle in his eyes as he looked at the little Fox.

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