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a direction in which he evidently did not want to go, A cunning little mink had seized him from below and was towing him ofF. Not a sign of the mink could be seen, and when anybody shot at the sorrowful procession they generally killed the duck, and the mink went free.

The family pig, upon which was centered many hopes, would be feeding in a little pasture near the house, when a great hulking bear would come rolling over the fence and little piggy, with a frantic squeal issuing from one end of him, and his curly tail twisting frantically from the other, would disappear in the dark woods, never to be heard of more.

The cougars took toll from the dozens or so of sheep that were kept, and would come into the very corrals for that purpose.

As if this were not enough, the Indian dogs