he pondered, knew how mad it was 

 to meet this one of brawn with mere 

 brute force. 



"Steel traps are no good ; he smashes 

 them. Lariats won't do, and he knows 

 all about log traps. But I have a 

 scheme. First, we must follow him up 

 and learn his range. I reckon that f ll 

 take three months." 



So the two kept on. They took up 

 that Bear-trail next day; they found 

 the lariats chewed off. They followed 

 day after day. They learned what they 

 could from rancher and sheep-herder, 

 and much more was told them than 

 they could believe. 



Three months, Lan said, but it took 

 six months to carry out his plan ; mean- 

 while Monarch killed and killed. 



In each section of his range they 

 made one or two cage- or pen-traps of 

 bolted logs. At the back end of each 



