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as though I were looking at the auto- 
graph of a hero. 
We saw other smaller grizzly and 
black bear tracks that day, so it was 
decided to set a bear bait. Our Host 
was a cattle king, and could wage war 
on bears with a good conscience. The 
usual three-cornered affair of logs was 
fixed, the trap in the centre and elk 
meat as a decoy. Horse meat is more 
| alluring, but we deemed we would not 
need that, since we had with us “a 
never-failing bear charm.” Its object 
was to suggest a lady bear, and thus 
attract some gallant to her side. The 
secret of the preparation of this charm 
had been confided to Nimrod by an old 
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