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Show gj m I, .m" THE YOIXG FOX CHANGES HIS HOME. Bv Thornton W. Burgess. A secret as a secret's done As soon G3 known by more than otn1 Reddy Fox. Blacky the Crow Is full of mlschlel I It Is his delight to tease others and I to make trouble for them. On the othor hand, if Blacky discovers a common danger he will at once warn the very ones he has tormented. He has a ionR memory, has Blacky When he discovered the young Fox lying "n the doorstep of his hoin- j In thr Old Pasture his sharp eyes took uoto of everything and h ahrewdly (messed that the VOUnK Fox WSS n there alone. So the nejcl day Blacky found tune I to fly oer to the Old Pasture. As before he discovered the young Fox Ijinp on his doorstep and promptly made such a racket that the young Fox was glad to po Into his holism and get out of sight Even then Blacky continued to scream until the young Fox wondetvd that he didn't have a sore throat "This will n'-er do. No. sir. this will never do." said the young Fox to himself. "SOoner or later some one will come to see what that black scamp is making such a fuss about Then the secret of my home will bfl no acret at all. If thor la any one Ihing a Fox should keep scr-t It Is his home. A home that isn't secret can never be safe This Is a fine home. It Is the only home I hac ever known I don't want to leUVS ! It. But Moth.-r l'ox truight me that I safety is the first law of life I think I will go look for a new home." So after Blacky the ("row had glv-ii glv-ii up and gone away the young Fox I started out house hunting "Of - oiirse." said he. 'l con dig a hoiso I for myself, but I don't believe In doing an mor.- work than Is necessary. neces-sary. If I can find an old house that Isn't occupied it will suit mc quite as well as a new housiv" So the young Io I rotted this way and that wav along the, cow paths ail through the Old Pasture. He found I the home where his father and mother were lhing and where his brother and slstes had lived uni.i they start.-.l out in the fir. a Forest. I He merely sniffed at the entrance land then trotted on. In a far corner ol the Old Pasture he found a door- i way which opened under some hip rocks. His eves sparkled when ho I first saw It. for this was just the kind of a house he was looking for. He was smart enough not to approach ap-proach it too boldly. !' first went all around It al a safe i tancc. Ho found no sign that any one was living liv-ing there So at last he found conr-at'f conr-at'f to approach It very carefully. Wliut a p.-rfeclly splendid home this' would make," said he to himself. J R . 1 1 If I should be found no on lO'ild fcet nt me lu-re I d0 hope one is living here." By this lime he was close to th--doorway. He poked ht llttJe black nose ,iust Inside and nirfr"d At the, first sniif ii- lumped back and the I hair on his back and neck stood up. r s sHslsl H I trip? I Sonic time later be found a lioc ust f on the edge of the (rten Forest. i That house was occupied. The young Fox turned and ran away swlrtly H Something Insld" told him that tht H was no place for him and the sooner p he got away from there thu better. The fa t In he had found the home of Old Man Covote. L Some time later he found a ho' Just on the edge r the Oreen Forest L where the Old Pasture .joins It. It was unite overgrown with brambles H and only sharp eyes would ever dls- H COvei it After a little patient hunt- H Invr be fpund ii way to It through the brambles. This time when he sniffed it the entrance he caught no .ntt-ani?- I scent. Then he discovered a splder'& H b across that doorway and he kn.v right away that this was a dessTtsaT H house. He boldly went Inside. The H hallway wns a little narrow, but It ? wouldn't take much work to make il I 'It Is just what I want," said tlm H young Fox. "It couldn't be better." H And. without wasting any time h'l r went to work to fix It up to suit him. H So It came about that the next day H ind the day after tha and the day H following Blacky the Crow looked In valp for the young Fox at his old home (Copyright. 19-2. by T. W. Burgess.) 1 I The next story "Sammj r B Teases the Young Fox " EsLil |