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THE MARQUIS OF CARABAS.
moose in the mine to his hole for shelter. Then he
went down among them and such havoc as he made !
All the galleries were choked with the bodies of the
slain, and the whole neighboring country was overrun
with the fugitives who managed to escape. Xot a rat,
not a mouse was left to show his tail.
"Bow-bells had finished the battle, and was just Bibting
down to lick his paws clean, when a message was
brought that the Marquis of Oarabas desired the presence
of the cat and the man who had invaded his domain,
and meddled with the game sacred to his use.
K TThittington, after consulting Bow-bells, replied
that if the Marquis of Carabas wished to see either cat
or man. he must come to them, as
they were too busy to go to him.
That message brought Puss in
Boots upon the scene very quickly,
and a grand fight ensued between
him and Bow-bells, Whittington
standing by to see fair
play on one side, and Puss in
Boots" former master on the other.
"Bow -bells beat, as might
have been expected, for the Marquis
of Carabas had almost forgotten
how to fight, and had become
very fat and lazy since he
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came to his fortune, having no need to hunt, except
for amusement. Bow-bells beat, and the Marquis was