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Show Capturing the Ermine Perfei t fur. of the delicate ermine nt leust. would be marred by the ordlnar) snare, so the tiapper devises as cun-nlng cun-nlng a death for the e;rm!ne as the er mine devises when It darts up through the snow with Us spear teeth t hitched In the throat of a poor rabbit JSXi Leslie's Monthl) Smearing his hunt-lng hunt-lng knife with grease, he la 9 It uctoss the track The little ermine m trotting In dots and dashes Yind 'alto and dives to the knife The sriaj? smell of meat It knows but that frost, sllvcied bit of steel I. something 11" The knife Is frosted like- ice let ti,. ermine has licked m he licks the knife But alas for tin re-s-mhlani e between Ico and steel! lis turns to water the warm tongue, sieel turns to tiro (hit Misters and holds the foolish little sioit hv his Inquisitive tongue a hone Iik prisoner till tho trapper comes And lest marauding wolverine or lynx should come first und gobble up priceless price-less ermine, the trapper tomes soon. And that Is the end for the ermine. |