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A tall clock was also carefully lifted into the wagon. Then clothing and other things followed. The father of the family told the two faithful negro men, Cæsar and his son Mink, how to take care of things.
Otter taken north of Lake Superior are found to be fully one third larger than those killed in any other region. Black bears and brown bears are most frequently to be met with between Fort Pelly and Portage La Loche. Cumberland House is the centre of the greatest breeding grounds for muskrat, mink, and ermine. Manitoba House is another great district for muskrat.
It didn't seem possible that such a little fellow as Billy Mink could have caught or frightened all the fish or have eaten so many. Besides, he didn't remember ever having known Billy to leave heads around that way. Billy sometimes catches more fish than he can eat, but then he usually hides them. The farther he went down the Laughing Brook, the more puzzled Farmer Brown's boy grew.
The hollow hickory was gone in fact at this very moment its trunk, lying in the wood-yard, was harboring the mink they feared. So the Cottontails hopped to the south side of the pond and, choosing a brush-pile, they crept under and snuggled down for the night, facing the wind but with their noses in different directions so as to go out different ways in case of alarm.
Mention of the fish bait recalls what strange things occasionally happen in relation to hunting. A half-breed hunter, named Pierre Geraud, living near Fort Isle a la Crosse, in laying out his trapping trail one winter, had set one of his mink deadfalls in a swamp close to the water-line; and on visiting the trap after the spring flood, found a large pike caught in it.
"I said, 'Can you repeat them? I didn't tell you to repeat them, did I?" "No," Peter Mink admitted. "I advise you to be very careful," Mr. Crow warned him. Then Mr. Crow turned to Jimmy Rabbit. "Can you repeat the exact words of the bargain?" he asked. "Yes, sir!" said Jimmy Rabbit promptly. "Good!" Mr. Crow exclaimed. "I'll settle this dispute in no time.
"Well, then suppose I get old dog Spot to come and see what he can do! He'd have you out of that trap in no time!" But that suggestion didn't suit Peter Mink any better. "For goodness' sake, can't you think of something else?" he wailed. His voice rose higher and higher as he spoke.
But Farmer Green didn't agree with him. When he happened to go into the orchard one day, later, and saw tree after tree ruined, he was very, very much displeased. "I ought to have put wire netting around those young trees," he told the hired man. "This is what comes of a hard winter." A Cold Dip IN one way Peter Mink was like Master Meadow Mouse. He enjoyed swimming.
Over and over they rolled, Johnny Chuck on top, then Reddy Fox on top, then Johnny Chuck up again, clawing and snarling. It seemed as if news of the fight had gone over all the Green Meadows, for the little meadow people came running from every direction Billy Mink, Little Joe Otter, Jerry Muskrat, Striped Chipmunk, Jimmy Skunk, old Mr. Toad.
Well, when the forest-people reached the hollow where the concert was to be given, there was Peter Mink, all smiles. He stepped up to each newcomer and said: "Check your hat and coat?"
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