ANOTHER MONSTER 5 



Now he comes in, and I confess I was not 

 sorry the lake was between us. He walks 

 for some 50 yards, then stops, wheels round, 

 showing his side. Oh, what a chance for a 

 rifle ! Those great ears of his are intently 

 listening and his eyes glaring. Jack speaks : 

 not a move ; speaks again, coaxes : not a 

 budge. What can be the reason ? Now he 

 is pawing the mud fiercely, and looking in 

 the same direction. 



" Listen, boys," said Jack. " Do you hear 

 a noise like the breaking of old dead 

 branches? " 



"Why, yes." 



" Well, that is another bull coming, and 

 he is making that racket to frighten any that 

 may be on the same rounds." 



Scarcely had he said this when out of 

 the woods came another monster, apparently 

 as fierce and as ready for the fray as the 

 fellow that was waiting for him. Number 

 one stands his ground, and number two halts 

 50 yards away. You can readily imagine, 

 reader, this was rather an exciting moment 

 for us. Jack coaxes in faint tones, so as to 

 help them on, for we were all eager for the 



