yelp escaped the dog, no second blow 

 was needed. The hunters searched 

 in silence for half an hour before they 

 found the place and learned the tale 

 from many silent tongues. 



" I '11 get even with him," muttered 

 Bonamy, for he loved that contempt- 

 ible little yap-cur. 



" That's Pedro's Gringo, all right. 

 He's sure cunning to run his own back 

 track. But we '11 fix him yet," and 

 they vowed to kill that Bear or "get 

 done up" themselves. 



Without a dog, they must make a new 

 plan of hunting. They picked out two 

 or three good places for pen-traps, 

 where trees stood in pairs to make 

 the pillars of the den. Then Kellyan 

 returned to camp for the ax while 

 Bonamy prepared the ground. 



As Kellyan came near their open 

 camping-place, he stopped from habit 



