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to budge until his chain was passed around 

 the bars and hauled by four stout men. The 

 grizzly resisted for a few minutes, but sud- 

 denly decided to change his quarters and 

 went with a rush and a roar, wheeling 

 about and striking savagely through the 

 bars at the men. But Mr. Ohnimus had 

 expected just such a performance and 

 taken such precautions that nobody was 

 hurt and no damage done. 



The Monarch had shown himself a brave 

 fighter and an animal of unusual courage 

 in every way. He had endured the roughest 

 kind of a journey without weakening, and 

 compelled respect and admiration from the 

 moment of his capture. But when the 

 strain and excitement were over, and he 

 was left to himself, the effects became ap- 

 parent, and for two or three days he was 

 a sick bear. He had a fever and would 

 not eat for a time, but Mr. Ohnimus took 

 charge of him, doctored him with medi- 

 cines good for the ills of bear flesh, and 



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