led him to a settler's flimsy shack, the 

 house of Tampico's parents, and as 

 the big Bear reached it two human 

 beings scrambled out of the rear door. 



u My husband/' shrieked the wo- 

 man, " pray! Let us pray to the saints 

 for help! " 



" Where is my pistol?" cried the 

 husband. 



11 Trust in the saints/' said the 

 frightened woman. 



"Yes, if I had a cannon, or if this 

 was a cat; but with only a pepper-box 

 pistol to meet a Bear mountain it is 

 better to trust to a tree/' and oldTam- 

 pico scrambled up a pine. 



The Grizzly looked into the shack, 

 then passed to the pig-pen, killed the 

 largest there, for this was a new kind 

 of meat, and carrying it off, he made 

 his evening meal. 



He came again and again to that 



