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deceivin place. You d never think so till you go 

 down. I wouldn t climb up it again for all the lions 

 in Buckskin. Hello, there comes Jim oozin up.&quot; 



Jim appeared just over the rim, and when he got 

 up to us, dusty, torn and fagged out, with Don, Tige 

 and Ranger showing signs of collapse, we all blurted 

 out questions. But Jim took his time. 



&quot; Shore thet canon is one hell of a place,&quot; he began 

 finally. &quot; Where was everybody? Tige and the pup 

 went down with me an treed a cougar. Yes, they 

 did, an I set under a pifion holdin the pup, while 

 Tige kept the cougar treed. I yelled an yelled. 

 After about an hour or two, Wallace came poundin 

 down like a giant. It was a sure thing we d get the 

 cougar; an Wallace was takin his picture when the 

 blamed cat jumped. It was embarrassin , because he 

 wasn t polite about how he jumped. We scattered 

 some, an when Wallace got his gun, the cougar was 

 humpin down the slope, an he was goin so fast an 

 the pinons was so thick thet Wallace couldn t get a 

 fair shot, an missed. Tige an the pup was so 

 scared by the shots they wouldn t take the trail again. 

 I heard some one shoot about a million times, an 

 shore thought the cougar was done for. Wallace 

 went plungin down the slope an I followed. I 

 couldn t keep up with him he shore takes long 

 steps an* I lost him. I m reckonin he went over 



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