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 from the man's hand in this way. It was she who first enlightened Redcoat as to the dry goods box in the corner of his pen. The thing that he had thought another trap. This box had a wooden tunnel about a foot foot square leading into it, and to Redcoat's amazement one day Blue Lady crawled into this tunnel and disappeared from sight. Redcoat never expected to see her again. He thought soon the men would come and carry her away as he had been carried off in the box trap. But to his great surprise, in a few seconds she came out of the tunnel none the worse for the adventure. Not only that, but she invited Redcoat to inspect the box. At first he would have nothing to do with it, but finally his curiosity got the best of him and he followed Blue Lady through the tunnel. He found inside first a little hallway and a turn to the left, then he stepped upon a platform and there before him was an inner box about twenty inches square. This was sleeping quarters for two foxes, arranged in this way in order that they might be free from drafts. Blue Lady