Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-11-05
A TAME FOX,

guest of mine, and, although he has long
since lost all appearance of puppy, |
at heart he is a young and mschievous
ever.
For long time the young fox had
the run Of the house, but there finally
came time when, in the interests OF
humanity, we decided that one roof must
no longer cover us all, In fact, If THE
Sprite' had stayed another week, it is
a question whether there would have
been a roof for any of us. Then the
neighbors good-natured as they were.
had got into the habit Of counting their
chickens every night before retiring ana
all that were not present at tattoo
were accounted for" in just one way.
So we built large cage of wire and wood,
out in the garden, and into it we put
The Spritc," with a pretty little yellow
haired vixen to keep him company. And
they were very happy there together
playing by the hour, leaping over each
Others backs standing on their hind
legs to box each other with their fore
paws. At first the vixen was very Wild,
but her mate showed such delight when
ever any of US went near the cage. that
in time she too lost all fear, and fed
from our hands
Among the many to whom the young
foxes were objects of interest were some
hens which used to stray into the gar
den and stare rudely through the net
she was. paid no attention to these
vulgar fowls, but THE Sprite" chafed
under the insult, which he frequently
sought to wipe out, only to be reminded
that he could not jump clean through
thick wire netting So he gave it up,
and bidcd his time. The hens became
holder and bolder, and strutted back
and forth. close beside the cage. twist
| ing their Saucy necks that they might
see the better, one morning the boldest
| of these fowls was walking past, and
| "'fhc Spritr' was nowhere to he seen.
! 1t may have been irresistible curiosity
| which prompted the hen to find out just
whore he was but. at any rate, in that
evil hour she thrust her head through
/ the netting. 1t never came out again.
There was flash of red. and the fox
was wipinE out all insults. The good
little Jaws came together with a click,
the black front legs Strengthened out
like ramroIs. and had the hens neck
been made of wire cable he would have
/ had the whole OF her. AS ii was. h"
twisted off the head like flash, and
tossed it into the air as one might
toss ball
That bit of revenge. sweet as it was
but gave him an appetite for what was
to follow some weeks later. I am in
the habit of taking him for walk. and
out of respect for my neighburs poultry
take him on a chain ON the morning
of Labor Day | opened the cage door.
t %',i , -. ny -.
past me and out into the garden. A.
though he had been planning it for a
week. he ran directly for my nearest
neighbours h"n-yard. with his fond owner
in his wake. doing tie best bit of sprint
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