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at what seemed to be the shoulder. 

 The aim was true, but the Bear got 

 only a flesh-wound. She sprang to 

 her feet and made for the place where 

 the puff of smoke arose. The Bear had 

 fifty yards to cover, the man had fif- 

 teen, but she came racing down the 

 bank before he was fairly on the horse, 

 and for a hundred yards the pony 

 bounded in terror while the old Grizzly 

 ran almost alongside, striking at him 

 and missing by a scant hair's-breadth 

 each time. But the Grizzly rarely 

 keeps up its great speed for many yards. 

 The horse got under full headway, 

 and the shaggy mother, falling behind, 

 gave up the chase and returned to her 

 cubs. 



She was a singular old Bear. She 

 had a large patch of white on her 

 breast, white cheeks and shoulders, 

 graded into the brown elsewhere, and 



