and claw it with their fore paws ; others 

 hug the tree with fore paws and rake it 

 with their hind claws. Gringo's pecu- 

 liarity of marking was to rub first, then 

 turn and tear the trunk with his teeth. 



It was on examining one of the Bear 

 trees one day that Kellyan discovered 

 the facts. He had been tracking the 

 Bear all morning, had a fine set of 

 tracks in the dusty trail, and thus 

 learned that the rifle-wound was a toe- 

 shot in the hind foot, but his fore foot 

 of the same side had a large round 

 wound, the one really made by the 

 cow's horn. When he came to the 

 Bear tree where Gringo had carved 

 his initials, the marks were clearly 

 made by the Bear's teeth, and one of 

 the upper tusks was broken off, so the 

 evidence of identity was complete. 



" It 's the same old B'ar," said Lan 

 to his pard. 



