the uproar, the strangeness of the 

 crowd affected him so that he decided 

 to stay where he was, and the bull- 

 backers raised a derisive cry. Their 

 champion came forward bellowing and 

 sniffing, pausing often to paw the dust. 

 He held his head very high and ap- 

 proached slowly until he came within 

 ten feet of the Grizzly's den ; then, giv- 

 ing a snort, he turned and ran to the 

 other end of the corral. Now it was 

 the Bear-backers' turn to shout. 



But the crowd wanted a fight, and 

 Faco, forgetful of his debt to Grizzly 

 Jack, dropped a bundle of Fourth of 

 July crackers into the hogshead by 

 way of the bung. "Crack!" and Jack 

 jumped up. "Fizz crack c-r-r-r- 

 a-a-c-k, cr-k-crk-ck ! " and Jack in sur- 

 prise rushed from his den into the 

 arena. The bull was standing in a 

 magnificent attitude there in the mid- 



