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 the trail suddenly ended. The hounds ran about sniffing the ground and yelping excitedly, and when the horsemen came up they all thought surely that the fox had holed, but they searched under the stone wall in every direction but could find no trace of him. Finally, after an hour's futile searching, they gave up the chase and went home completely baffled by the sudden disappearance of the Phantom Fox.

Three days later they started the celebrated fox once again on the north side of the mountain. As before, he led them away for four miles to the east and turning came back to the Holcome farm. Here he again tried to cross the highway to the mountain but was turned back. So, he went over the long hard run of four miles to the eastward again. When he once more returned to the Holcome farm the men and the hounds were close upon him and they thought surely that the pack would run him down in a very few minutes. Once again the crafty old fox circled to the Southern end of the stone wall and again the pack followed the trail up to