I jumped to the hole just in time to see the tip end of his long tail disappearing.
I grabbed it. Holding on with one hand, I worked his legs down with my other, and pulled him out.
I stopped his tree-climbing by cramming rocks and chunks into the hole.
How the coon stayed in the tree, I’ll never know, but stay he did.
With a well-aimed rock, I scared him out. Old Dan satisfied his lust to kill.
I started for home. I’d had all the hunting I wanted for that night.
Chapter - XI
I HAD OFTEN WONDERED WHAT OLD DAN WOULD DO IF LITTLE Ann got into some kind of a predicament.
One night I got my answer. For several days a northern blizzard had been blowing.
It was a bad one. The temperature dropped down to ten below.
The storm started with a slow cold drizzle and then sleet.
When the wind started blowing, everything froze, leaving the ground as slick as glass.
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