case I had returned to camp, and the 

 bear should come. 



I thanked the cook for his solicitude. 



To while away the time, I put up a 

 target and commenced practising with 

 a 30-30 rifle at fifty yards range. 



I shot very badly. 



The cook obligingly interested him- 

 self in my performance and kept tally 

 on my aim, pointing out to me when it 

 was high, when it was low, to the right 

 or to the left. 



Then he took his six shooter and 

 put a half dozen bullets in the bull's- 

 eye offhand. 



I lost my interest in shooting. 



The cook gave me some lunch, and 

 while I was eating he stood before the 

 fire looking at it through the fingers of 

 his outstretched hand, with a queer 

 squint in his cold gray eyes, as though 



