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determined foe, and shrieking in an agony of 

 fear, 'shoot him! shoot him!' The man, who 

 was one of the greenhorns, happened to be 

 about a mile behind the main body, either from 

 the indolence of his horse or his own careless- 

 ness; but as he approached the party in his 

 desperate flight, and his lugubrious cries reach- 

 ed the ears of the men in front, about a dozen 

 of them rode to his assistance, and soon suc- 

 ceeded in diverting the attention of his pertina- 

 cious foe. After he had received the contents 

 of all the guns, he fell, and was soon despatched. 

 The man rode in among his fellows, pale and 

 haggard from overwrought feelings, and was, 

 probably, effectually cured of a propensity for 

 meddling with grizzly bears." 



THE END. 



