Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 403
on, wet, shaken, and miser- 848 NATURE AND SCIENCE EOR YOUNG FOLKS able, managed to get back to the tree-trunkand clung there whimpering. Mother Coongripped him by the scruff of his neck andmarched him up the tree to the den, givinghim a gentle nip whenever he stopped to cry. In spite of his funny… … ■■HE LAUNCHED HIMSELF INTO THEIE. MIDST weight save only that versatile weasel, theblack-cat. I became convinced of this onedark November morning many years ago,when I foolishly used to kill animals insteadof making friends of them. All night long,with a pack of alleged coon-dogs, we hadhunted…
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