Chapter I: Front Matter

BOWSER THE HOUND

BY

THORNTON W. BURGESS

_With Illustrations by_

_HARRISON CADY_

This book, while produced under wartime conditions, in full compliance with government regulations for the conservation of paper and other essential materials, is COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED

GROSSET & DUNLAP

Publishers New York

_Printed by arrangement with Little, Brown, and Company_

_Copyright, 1920,_ BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY. _All rights reserved_

=Dedication=

TO THE CHILD'S LOVING PLAYMATE, LOYAL PROTECTOR AND STAUNCH ALLY --THE DOG, THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I OLD MAN COYOTE LEADS BOWSER AWAY 1

II OLD MAN COYOTE PLAYS A TRICK 6

III WHAT HAPPENED TO BOWSER 10

IV POOR BOWSER 15

V BOWSER SPENDS A BAD NIGHT 20

VI THE SURPRISE OF BLACKY THE CROW 25

VII BLACKY THE CROW TAKES PITY ON BOWSER 30

VIII HOW BLACKY THE CROW HELPED BOWSER 34

IX OLD MAN COYOTE GIVES OUT DARK HINTS 39

X HOW REDDY FOX INVESTIGATED 44

XI A LITTLE UNPLEASANTNESS 49

XII THE CLEVERNESS OF OLD MAN COYOTE 54

XIII THE MISCHIEVOUS LITTLE NIGHT BREEZE 59

XIV THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING INSIDE AND OUTSIDE 64

XV REDDY'S FORLORN CHANCE 69

XVI WHY REDDY WENT WITHOUT A CHICKEN DINNER 74

XVII FARMER BROWN'S BOY DROPS A PAN OF CORN 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