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Much to my surprise I could not find 
Nimrod; and neither had he been seen 
since morning, when he had started in 
the direction of the garbage heap in the 
woods some quarter of a mile back 
from the hotel. Anxiously I hurried 
there, but could see no Nimrod.  In- 
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. 
fiseep ‘quiet, don't ‘m*ve, it’s the 
Big Grizzly.” 
I looked about for the owner of the 
