The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-09
READ Nv THE SNOW.
Tho story ora Fight Betweeu q Mink and
q Fox Over q Rabbit.

SEABERRY SETTLEMENT. ". Y, Dec. s.-Down
on the fats by tho long cove tragedies happen
each night In real life-nAture's life. That Is
where the mink and the fox meet as they chase
mice hither and yon till the mouse's life 10
sucked out by a mink or crushed out by tho
more powerful fox. But sometimes a mink seeks
TO infringe on a fox's chase or a fox on a mInk's.
and then there Is a fghL
Some time last night, possibly after dawn, a
FOX came wandering on the snow down through
the pastures and meadow land. nosing under
s,umps and smelling around mouse or mole
holes. He caught one or two OF each, and greed
iy ate them, bones, hair, and all lie leaped at
a sleeping partridge on a low limb OF a balsam,
but, a. neither feathers nor blood lay scattered
around, the bird no doubt escaped. After a
time he came u another little wood and success
fully jumped for an ulAusplcious mouse on the
other side OF a log. One drop Of blood was all
there was left Of It. A little round cove fur
nlshsd the fox with another mouse, which had
tried to cross the Ice. He trailed . skunk a little
way, but left the track 70 pursue a mouse, which
Just managed to get into a nearby hole before
the foK's teeth closed on the snow.
For many rods the trsll led here and there.
but no mouse was caught. Then the fox evil
IDENTIFY saw or heard something over 10y tho
long cove. for his tracks no longer went almless-
~ along. but led directly 20 the cove. Here a
mink had come from the creek In short Jumps,
ruuuiRg his uo-s into cracks and crawling under
logs ard stumps- lie met and killed a mouse,
but having feastsd on a trout not long before he
only ate its brains. leaving the body for a hun
Rrlsr weasel 70 devuur later, The mink creUt
into a hollow log aud drove tLerefrom a l!ttls
bT3wu rabbit. Here vas game worthy - the
chase ana away went the mink vim Lis ey-.
little ewes giistening with blood thirst. Hut Just
thea tie fox. arrived. anu with a s!Lgle bite
~ q "A - .-..R.N. L. -
Indignant and surprised. The FOX turned away
with the robit held high by the neck, though
its legs dragged ia the snow. When tie fox
turned tie mink spraug, and in an instsut had
bitten tie foI through the tendon Of AchA!es,
The fox drUPped the raooits IN ths snow AID
insult He was lame and sore. the mink fresh.
strong. and active. Time and time again The tx
leaPed az the mink, but each time missed. ohlJ
- lie bitten in the bsrk. the neck, 0r Ia a leg.
Tie MINK grew confident aud careless. lie
thss oniy is Ithsaess saysd ia hide. he even
L-.l fat an Instant when he b. the fox
lacy rolled dos q he hank onto The ice Of the
cove and tLers fought aga n; the fox was dss-
EsrAte; Once agaia he tred % hs@ hut each
time Tie MINK brought him down. Then The
mink lay down ca tie iCs, switching ius tai IN
tie LIGHT snow. whiis The FOX faced ii treiabling
VIII fear aId GDseT.
fox tisd again. Tue a4iIk tried . .gIap de-
EayA but ths ice Saa sipFsfJ aEa a mad lot
JT.shea ths ~ ~ ~ - !.
me MINK helglrss back. IE van did the in.Ik
gSash b. lass; IN VAia id II tslst sLd tUrL.
And - IL died n.
ard STAGGERED aiuG-, lg1Ettg here auI there tT
a trrsh reap. = boz, a pee 10 hide crEyia-
ilrgt Al lie time or tie snow. A mouse rtf H.
81, haEEches. wondering ~ f-aril--. !. slrE
IL enemy vas farmlrss, SOFA the Ii grew
weak and 81 doAu. sIfh his mead dropping and
lava drbblng plnk foam but ~ knew hat mat
Wauld never do He must ngt die theTe "a The
ssai kfa' Hs ersslsf q IL efsgI s!oss bsds
~ Ard Lhers. 9Th his noss 0n his pasA he died
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