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the house to load up again. Mrs. Harvey begged 

 High to let Allie go over to Hanson's ranch for 

 help, and this made Harvey mad, because she thought 

 he was not able to kill his own bear. Harvey put 

 six more balls into the bear, and by this time the 

 poor fellow got tangled up with the trap-chain and 

 Harvey knocked him in the head with an axe." 



" Well, I want to know !" said Harvey. " Do you 

 believe that story, Dyche?" 



" Well, I don't know how you killed it, Harvey, but 

 I do know that you sent me a fine black bear-skin 

 with a dozen bullet-holes in it. The skull had been 

 mashed, too." 



Dyche decided to make another trip to old Camp 

 Bear Trail before the summer was over. The even- 

 ing before the start was made Dyche took the shot- 

 gun, loaded with dust-shot, and went around the 

 meadow looking for bird specimens. Eames was 

 carrying the rifle and wandered off to one side. 

 Suddenly Dyche heard the well-known "thump, 

 thump" of a frightened deer as it dashed through 

 the wood, and he hurried to the edge of the timber to 

 get a look at it. An old doe was just disappearing 

 in the woods, and about thirty yards behind her was 

 a beautiful fawn. About the same distance back of 

 the fawn was Eames, going at break-neck speed, 

 shouting at the top of his voice, " Here, here it is, 

 Professor !" The doe bounded over the pole fence, 

 and the fawn ran along trying to find a hole to go 

 through. 



"Quick, give me the rifle," said Dyche. 



"The rifle? why, I set it down by the fence and 



