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had they needed the services of a doctor, it would 

 at times have been extremely difficult to get one. 

 Her heart was brave as well as kind. 



One day in January, when a crew of swampers 

 were clearing away the timber and brush near the 

 camp to make a new road, they began to have 

 trouble with their horses. The animals acted 

 strangely every time they approached a certain 

 place just at the foot of a small ridge. Whenever 

 the horses reached this spot, they reared and 

 plunged and snorted with fright, and it was only 

 by force and much persuasion that the men could 

 keep them in the open way. 



That evening, back at camp, the men told of the 

 unusual behavior of the horses. Weldon, the cook, 

 who was something of a hunter, suggested that 

 there must have been a bear somewhere about, for 

 a horse always acts in this way when in the vicin- 

 ity of one of these animals. 



The idea was ridiculed, for everyone knew that 

 no bears would be roaming around at that time of 

 the year. But the cook kept his own counsel, and 

 next day he went out to the ridge to investigate. 

 In a short time he made a discovery. At the foot 

 of a huge dead pine tree he noticed a small hole in 

 the snow, rimmed with ice and frost. He knew 

 pretty well what had made it, and with his snow- 

 shoes he began to dig. 



When he reached the ground, he found a large 



