79

XVIII MUTUAL RELIEF 84

XIX WHERE WAS BOWSER THE HOUND? 89

XX WHERE BOWSER WAS 93

XXI BOWSER BECOMES A PRISONER 98

XXII FARMER BROWN'S BOY LOOKS IN VAIN 103

XXIII BOWSER'S GREAT VOICE 107

XXIV BLACKY TRIES TO GET HELP 112

XXV BLACKY CALLS ON REDDY FOX 117

XXVI RED WITS AND BLACK WITS 122

XXVII THE ARTFULNESS OF BLACKY 127

XXVIII REDDY FOX DREAMS OF CHICKENS 131

XXIX REDDY TRIES TO AROUSE BLACKY'S PITY 136

XXX BLACKY THE CROW IS ALL PITY 141

XXXI BLACKY IS MUCH PLEASED WITH HIMSELF 146

XXXII BLACKY WAITS FOR REDDY 151

XXXIII REDDY WATCHES THE FAT HENS 156

XXXIV PATIENCE AND IMPATIENCE 161

XXXV THINGS HAPPEN ALL AT ONCE 166

XXXVI REDDY HIDES THE FAT HEN 171

XXXVII FARMER BROWN'S BOY HAS A GLAD SURPRISE 176

XXXVIII REDDY GOES BACK FOR HIS FAT HEN 181

XXXIX A VANISHED DINNER 186

XL WHERE WAS REDDY'S DINNER? 191

XLI WHAT BLACKY THE CROW SAW 196

XLII ALL IS WELL THAT ENDS WELL 201

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"As I live," he muttered, "that is Bowser the Hound!" _Frontispiece_

Over at the gate of Farmer Brown's henyard he could
see a dark form 53

Somewhere not very far ahead of him was a house 96

On broad wings it sailed over to that hollow stump 199

CHAPTER I

OLD MAN COYOTE LEADS BOWSER AWAY

Though great or small the matter prove
Be faithful in whate'er you do.
'Tis thus and only thus you may
To others and yourself be true.

_Bowser the Hound._

Old Man Coyote is full of tricks. People with such clever wits as his
usually are full of tricks. On the other hand Bowser the Hound isn't
tricky at all. He just goes straight ahead with the thing he has to do
and does it in the most earnest way. Not being tricky himself, he
sometimes forgets to watch out for