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 the mysterious barway and lost it as before. Again the horsemen searched the country for twenty rods around trying to help the pack to pick up the scent, but without success. So the chase was again called off. Before the hunters started for town, Denby and his party stopped at the Holcome farm and impressed Bud for the next hunt. He was not to take part in the chase but was to watch from a tree some twenty rods from the barway and see where the Phantom Fox went, for Denby felt certain that he would try again this ruse that had worked so perfectly on the two previous hunts.

Two days later the Phantom Fox, who had now become the talk of the countryside, was again started to the north of his mountain. He seemed afraid to venture to the west for fear he would again be caught in the death trap between the pursuers and the river. The running was not as good as it had been the time before as it was getting warmer all the while, and on this day the ground was not so hard, but still it was a glorious morning for a run.