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CHAPTER VII.
Tommy Chases Mr. Woodchuck.
Tommy Fox went up into Farmer
Green's hack-pasture, which lay even
nearer Hluc Mountain than the field
where Tommy and his mother lived.
He skulked along among the rocky
hummocks and the old .tuniv,
which dotted the pasture thickly. Hi
ears and his eyes and his nose were
all alert to discover any small animal
that might he stirring especially his
nose; for Tommy could smell things
when they were a long way off.
Tommy's mother had explained to
him tliat he must always hunt with
the wind blowing in his face; because
then the breeze brought to him thi
scent of any animal that might be in
front of him, whether it happened to
be an animal that Tommy was hunt
ing, or some animal that waA hunting
him. In that wav Tommy would be
iihle to know what was ahead of him,
even if he couldn't see it.
Hut if he were cart-less, and trotted
along with the wind blowing behiud
Tommy stole along verg carefidlc
him all! that was quite different.
The other forest-people would all
know he Mas coming, for then they
would he able to get Tommy's scent.
And some day, if he were so foolish
as to go about with the wind at his
back, some day he might stumble
right onto a wildcat, or a dog, or a
man, or some other terrible creature.
Well Tommy remembered alt
these things that his mother had told
him. The wind blew fresh in hi.-,
face. And to his delight all at once
he smelled a w oodchuck. There was
no mistaking that savoury smell. It
HOLDING A
Adele Garrison's
Revelations
Th "Good Workable Plan" Lillian
Suggested to Madge.
There was such decision, such fi
nality, in Lillian's tones as she voiced
her determination to go on with her
,.plan of finding a home for herself
near us in the country that I realized,
with a selfish little 'throb of thank
fulnessof which,! was ashamed, the
futility of opposing her.
Dicky, however, was stubborn.
"That's a very good line, old dear,"
he addressed her mockingly. "But
it's all wasted on me. Hunt a home
for yourself if yon wish, but I'm go
ing to move heaven and earth to stay
light here."
"Vou'll be more likely to set mov
ing the place you've neglected to
mention," Lillian drawled, "if you
stir up that woman to whom you
sold the place. Try it out if you
want to, but remember this, 1 don't
want to live in Marvin neither do
you," she added slowly, after a sig
nificant little pause.
I saw a little flush steal into the
brown of my husband's cheeks, and
I'knew that whatever was Lillian's
meaning he understood it. But he
shrugged his shoulders with defiant
sullenness as he rose from the break
fast table.
"Let's Plan Our Campaign."
-".Nevertheless, mv dear. I shall
7
try it out," he said. "Now if vou'll
, pardon me I must be off. By the
way, Madge, I took that little frame
Mrom the drawer and gave it to
Lil. I thought tfcre was no use dis
turbing you this morning."
He strode out of the room, an
noyance expressed in every line of
his lithe figure. Lillian's eves, full
of amusement and something more
serious met1 mine,
.ir1)?n,t',wol'r'' "ly'dear," she said.
He hasn t the ghost of a chauce to
get the house back. When vou've
eaten your breakfast come cm up
stairs and let's plan our compaign
lor the next two .weeks."
"I I'm rot worrying about his get
trng the house back," I uttered the
falsehood stoutly. "It's what I hops
he will do. for, Lillian. I simply can
not let you spenj your strength for
me any longer. I'm going to take
you in charge, my dear, and be
most inexorable mistress If I
don t "
"I'll be in a hospital, a pitifu
broken-down object in a week or
two is that it?" she gibed, her eves
tixed so keenly on mc that I couldn't
v control an embarrassed flush. "I
thought so," she laughly lightly
then rose and laid "an affectionate
liand on my shoulder.
ion and Dicky are dears," she
said, and truly I am going to be
very obedient to whatever you say
i's soon as we are settled in our new
:r.es. FwUt your breakfast now,
o- y dont hurry, and I think I'll be
able to convince you in about two
minutes conversation that I have a
very good workable plan in mv head,
which will not entail anv work of
worry for me, the thing' which ap
pears to be worrying you most."
A Protest.
When Lillian left the room I hur
ried through the ret of my break
fast, remorsefully conscious that it
was not of Lillian I was thinking
most, but of the puzzle which her
last words to Dicky had given me.
Why had she said so significantly,
"Neither do you?". Why had he
flushed so undcrstandingly? That
the reason my husband shoul not
live in Marvin concerned me closely,
I could not guess, yet I was sure that
I should hear nothing more about it
from either Dicky or Lillian.
I surmised, also, that th? matter of
affected Tommy very pleasantly
much as you are affected bv catching
a whiff of hot peanuts, or pop-corn,
or candy cooking on the stove.
Tommy stole along very carefully.
And as he peered around a stump he
aw, not ten jumps ahead of him. a
fine, fat woodchuck. Tommy crct
up a little closer; and then he sprang
for Mr. Woodchuck with a rush.
Pudgy Mr. Woodchuck saw Tom
my just in time. He turned tail and
ran for his life; and he was so spry,
though he was quite a fat, elderly
gentleman, that he reached his hole
and whisked down out of sight just
as Tommy was about to sruc him.
Tommy was disappointed. But be
was determined to get that wood
chuck. and he began to dig away at
Ar il- , ,
.ir. v ooucnucKs s noie. i ou see,
Mf Woodchuck was smaller than
Tommy Fox, and since the i:nder
ground tunnel that led to his home
was only big enough to admit him,
Tommy was obliged to make it lar
ger. Though Mr. Woodchuek's hole
was under a shady oak tree. Tommy
found digging to be somewhat warm
work, so he took off his neat, red
coat and hung it carefully upon a
bush.
He worked very hard, for he was
eager to find Mr. Woodchuck. In
fact, the further Tommy dug into
the ground the more excited he grew.
And he had just decided that he had ,
almost readied the end ot the tun
nel, and that a little more digging
would bring him inside of Mr. Wood
chuck's house, w hen he met with an
unexpected check.
To Tommy's dismay, Mr. Wood
chuck's tunnel led between two roots
of the big oak, and Tommy could
not sqeeze between them. He reached
his paws through the narrow opening
and crowded his nose in as far as it
would go. But that was all he could
do. He did not doubt that some
where in beyond, in the darkness.
Mr, Woodchuck was having a good
laugh because Tommy had done aji
that work for nothing.
I' am sorry to say that Tommy
Fox lost his temper. He called after
Mr. Woodchuck. Yeshe shouted
soriie rather bad names after him. But
of course that didn't do a bit of
good. And Tommy Fox put on his
coat and went home to think about
what he could do. He didn't care
to ask his mother's advice, because
he didn't want her to know that
Mr. Woodchuck had got away from
him. But he hoped to find some
way in which he could, catch the old
gentleman.
HUSBAND
New Phase of
of a Wife '
the slashed photograph was closed
tor the time at least. While I was
grateful to both my husband and my
friend for shielding me from the un
pleasantness which I imagined must
invest both questions, yet I felt
vaguely out of things when, after I
had done justice to Katie's "sour
milk' pancakes." I went upstairs to
talk with Lillian.
If Lillian guessed my feeling she
made no comment upon it. When ho
were seated in my room she went
directly to the point of her "good
workable plan."
"In the first place," she said di
dactically, "you're the most method
ical housekeeper I know. From rlic
looks of things I'm sure you had
everything sorted1 and packed aw?y
in the shape when you left the house
for North Carolina."
"It wasn't bad," I admitted, "but,'
oi course, tnose trunks being uo
set" "Nothing carried from one room to
another, was there?" Lillian inter
rupted. "No-o," I answered.
"Well, then, packing for you is go
ing to be a very simple mater, as most
of it can-be done by Jim and Katie.
aii jim pack ctnna and glass?
"Yes, I believe he worked for the
local moving company at one time."
"Good, that simplifies that end of
it. He probably understands wrap
ping and tying furniture so it won't
scratch. Now, you must efficient lit
tle lady, if you'll just sit down and
inventory your possessions, listing
in one column the things wearing
apparel, linen, silver, etc. you'll
need for the summer, and in the
other the ones you could do without.
We'll have a orrrl flvinrr cll A.l
1 11 take a nice, lazy .stroll wivlc 1
ou re oomg it. isn't that a fair di
vision of labor?"
"But, Lillian," I protested, "this
looks as if we were'nt going to have
all our things with us. What. do
you mean?"
"I mean." Lillian said, adjusting
her hat before the mirror, "thr.- I
don't think there's a chance in the
world of our getting anything within
commuting distance before next fall,
and we must be prepared for any
kind of a shift that happens. It we
do have the luck to hit upon some
thing, such an arrangement of pa-king
won't hurt anything, and if we
fail to find wliat we -want it will be
the only possible way vou can man
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