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Show BOWSER IMF HOUND IS SORELY PUZZLED. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. Some things on faith we have to take And trust to making no mistake Bowser th' Hound. Of course. Mrs. Reddy knew that when Farmer Brown's Boy appeared there was no hope that she could get the young Fox out of that barrel. She hid in the grass, where she could wati h what would happen. She saw Farmer Browns Ho take the young Fox out and carry him to tho barn, "hen she turned and ran swiftly over to the Green Forest, where Baddy j Fox was playing hlde-and-seok with Bowser the Hound She told Reddy what had happened nnd they decided that the first thing to do was . to get rid of Bowser as soon as possible pos-sible With two of them to do it it illdn't tako them long to so mix up the trail that Bowser could no longer follow it. As soon as he was sure thft he had once more been fooled Bowser turned and trotted homo Hfl went straight to thf old barrel behind the henhouse u hero the young Fox had been a prisoner. Of course, he found It empty, so he was no longer Interested Inter-ested In It. Then he trotted on up1 tu the house Farmer Brown's Boy was watching for him and at once called him over j to hlrn Then ho Id Bowser over to the box In which the oung Fox was curled up. 1 1 f course. Bowser smelled the young Fox at once and became wildly excited Farmer Brown's Boy talked to him He told B.owser that he was to leave this young E ox alone, inil after a while Bowser understood. He didn't understand why he was to leave that young Fox alone, but It was enough for him that his master had I ordered him to do so. I Probably no more puzzled dog ever lived than was Bowser tin he followed his master to the hoyse. From the lime he was a puppy Tie had been taught to chase Foxes. Now here was a Fox right up In the dooryard and he h;id been ordered to keep away from It. It didn't seem right. Bowser's Bow-ser's world was turned upside down. This would require a lot of thinking over He would keep away from that young Fox because his master had ordered him to and his master's word Was law But did it mean that ho i was never again to chase a Fox? Bowser felt that If this were so life wouldn't be worth living. You know, his greatest joy is In chasing ti Fox. ;;. 1 sb- Hid in the Grass Where She Could Watch wiuit would Happen. Of course, the young Fox had nearu tiowser smiling auout nine mix when his muster had brought him 1 there. He had known at once that It was the same terrible "dog who had chased him Into the barrel ami whom he had once seen chasing his father. He trembled so that he made the Chain by which he was fastened rHt-( rHt-( tie. Could it be that he wa-s to be! given to that terrible dog to shako to dpath I A I soon as Farmer Brown' I'.ov ?nd bowser the Hound had gone up to the house the young Fox crept out. He just couldn't stay In that box any longer Perhaps I'lil thing which had held him would no longer hold him. One more he tried to steal awa) Alas! that dreadful chain still held him fast' The young Fpx turned bat k and with his head hanging hang-ing down and his tall dragging on the ground, crpt back Inside that box. At least Bowser couldn't get In there Tint little doorway was too small for him. There was some comfort com-fort In this thought I (Copyright, 1922, by T W Burgess.) Tho next story: "A Visitor in the Night." oo |