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CHAPTER XXII

THE CLEVER TRAPPER

The trapper knows his wits must match
The wits of those whom he would catch.

Little Joe Otter.

The trapper who had tried to run down Little Joe Otter and his family and kill them with a club was not one to give up easily. Of course, he was disappointed at his failure to get one of those Otter coats. But he was not at all discouraged. As soon as Little Joe Otter and his family had disappeared in the open water at one