CHAPTER XIV.
THE DARING OF STRIPES TERROR-TAIL "What would you do if a bear came at you, Uncle Andy ?" inquired the Babe.
"Run," said Uncle Andy promptly, "unless I had a gun!" The Babe thought deeply for a moment.
"And what would you do if a little, teeny, black-and-white striped skunk came at you ?" he asked.
"Run like sixty!" responded Uncle Andy, still more promptly.
"But a skunk's so little!" persisted the Babe.

"Will he bite ?" "Bite!" retorted Uncle Andy scornfully.

"He doesn't have to.

It appears to me you don't know skunks very well!" "Huh!" said the Babe.

"I've smelt 'em.