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had been removed from the pit to the cage. 

 With very little forethought the cage was 

 built without a cover, and "Monarch" was 

 found one night making an attempt to es 

 cape. He was prodded back with red-hot 

 irons. It was not possible to work about 

 the cage, and "Monarch" must be confined 

 in smaller quarters. A very small cage 

 was dropped into the enclosure; this had 

 a slide door and was to serve as a trap. I 

 believe the grizzly is the quickest of all ani 

 mals. Six times a live chicken was fastened 

 in the small cage, and six times "Mon 

 arch's" long arm had literally "swiped" 

 that fowl. So quick was he that the slide 

 fell only as he was already safely crunching 

 its bones. At the seventh attempt he was 

 a little slow and was caught. After that 

 the iron workers placed the roof in posi 

 tion. The trapping of the monster took 

 six days, and "Monarch" received only the 

 food he managed to get from the trap, and 

 that which my tender-hearted model was 

 feeding him (apples and candy) surrepti 



