killing went on. They set out better 

 traps of massive steel and iron bars, 

 and at length they caught a killer, the 

 Mokelumne Grizzly; yes, and read in 

 the dust how he had come at last and 

 made the fateful step; but steel will 

 break and iron will bend. The great 

 Bear-trail was there to tell the tale: 

 for a while he had raged and chafed 

 at the hard black reptile biting into 

 his paw; then, seeking a boulder, he 

 had released the paw by smashing the 

 trap to pieces on it. Thenceforth each 

 year he grew more cunning, huge, and 

 destructive. 



Kellyan and Bonamy came down 

 from the mountains now, tempted by 

 the offered rewards. They saw the 

 huge tracks; they learned that cattle 

 were not killed in all places at once. 

 They studied and hunted. They got 

 at length in the dust the full impres- 



