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Show IP)AIT ARE HARD FIQHTER3, The. Ohsrge of Cowirdlee a Slander Defeat of a Ferret. , Tell a man tha.t ho hasn't the pluc'f Of a rabbit and It he doesn't dlnproi " jt by hitting you he Is nortaln at any Tftto to bo extremely annoyed, ua "YetHbo tauul Is a llbal on tho rah , i hit. A dea rabbit will flsht like fury n defense of her young. She will charge like a battering ram and, uae those long sharp IncUtors of bora to capital purpoae. An old buck rabbit is not to be light' lr tackled, by weasol, stoat or oven for rt. On tho samlsd floor of a small publlo house near Chostnut a ferret of long experience was matched with an old lop-eared buck, the property of the landlord. The ferret made straight for the rabbit's rab-bit's throat, but tho latter was In the Kir bofora roaster ferret could roach ' itm, and lsaplnc clean over the tor rot's head let out vUt those powerful hqa 1B of his a hlok whloh hurled the ferret bodily against the wains cot. Twice the ferret returned to the attack and twice he missed his grip and went hurtling through tho air. The third repulse was enough for : him. He knew he was beaten and Could not be porsuaded to stand up for a fourth round. Pearson's |