Show A TRAGEDY Z t I 1 the kysier mysterious los cl close of f the ufa life ot of a cruel limal animal F for or a couple of months I 1 have beer been trying to solve the problem of a dead mink minic I 1 found lying in my barn on my return ret home the mink had been dead but bat a short time and hail had no wounds upon pon it except at the throat where t two to o small holes had let out its life I 1 t 01 ol oj ilowit came to this end has 1 ju bleil pie eyer since says a correspondent of forest and stream there were c no eats cats in the barn and the rats I 1 instinctively had left it as well duri during n my absence from home I 1 at length concluded concluded that two male minks must have had a quarrel in the barn and one had become a victim of the fight i the barn i is iq q close to the dam of one of ray my ponds and had been frequented by minks in pursuit of the chiel chickens rens which sometimes took up a nights hodg lodging ming in it but as they were removed to other quarters the minks must have had the building all to themselves I 1 skinned the body which could not have been dead many hours and the marks in the throat chov showed ed that only one firm and deadly grip had been taken it is interesting disinteresting bohnow to know that these thee cruel beasts have no bowels afen for each other |