CHAPTER, IT.

Tue other relations of the Weasels who were on visiting terms
with them were, the Polecats of The Grange, who came but sel-
dom, and the Martens of Forest-farm, with whom they were more
intimate. Now old Mr. Marten had always intended that his own
son Longtail, who kept a boarding-school for boys near the War-
ren, should marry Miss Weasel; and when he heard of the phy-
sician’s great attentions to that young lady, he was very wroth.
At first he thought of way-laying young Ferret in the wood and
killing him; but then he recollected that the Ferrets were a
_ powerful family, who would never rest till they had been revenged.
_ His next thought was to go to his attorney, Sharp Weasel, Esq.,
of Nettle Cottage, and consult with him as to the best means
of thwarting young Ferret’s projects. So the old man took down
_ his pipe and his account-book, and set off to the attorney.