have felt more comfortable about both 
man and beast. I struggled on for a 
while, when the thought suddenly struck 
home that if I went farther I should not 
be able to find my way back to camp. 
Everything is relative, and those empty 
tents and smouldering fire seemed a 
haven of security compared to the sit- 
uation of being unarmed, and lost in 
the wilderness — with the cook. 
I watched my chance and sneaked 
back to camp to get a gun. I was 
willing to believe the cook’s bear story, 
but I wanted a gun. When I got to 
camp there were many good reasons for 
not going back. 
After a time I heard two shots close 
at hand, and soon the cook appeared. 
He said he could not find the bear’s 
track, and lost me, so thought he had 
better look me up and be on hand in 
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