^ Much to my surprise I could not find 



^ Nimrod ; and neither had he been seen 



N since morning, when he had started in 



1^ the direction of the garbage heap in the 



D woods some quarter of a mile back 



p from the hotel. Anxiously I hurried 



o there, but could see no Nimrod. In- 



T 



stead I saw the outline of a Grizzly 

 feeding quietly on the hillside. It was 

 very lonely and gruesome. Under 

 other circumstances I certainly would 

 have departed quickly the way I came, 

 but now I must find Nimrod. It was 

 growing dark, and the bear looked a 

 shocking size, as big as a whale. Dear 

 me, perhaps Nimrod was inside — Jonah 

 style. Just then I heard a sepulchral 

 whisper from the earth. 



" Keep quiet, don't move, it's the 

 Big Grizzly." 



I looked about for the owner of the 



