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The Humiliation of Skookum.
If Skookum could have been interviewed by a newspaper man, he would doubtless have said: "I am a very remarkable dog.

I can tree partridges.
I'm death on porcupines.

I am pretty good in a dog fight; never was licked in fact: but my really marvellous gift is my speed; I'm a terror to run." Yes, he was very proud of his legs, and the foxes that came about in the winter nights gave him many opportunities of showing what he could do.
Many times over he very nearly caught a fox.

Skookum did not know that these wily ones were playing with him; but they were, and enjoyed it immensely.
The self-sufficient cur never found this out, and never lost a chance of nearly catching a fox.