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turned and fled, closely pursued. Unable 

 to reach a suitable tree for climbing, he 

 ran to the camp and scrambled up to the 

 oof of the little cabin ; the bear followed, 

 but did not climb to the roof, only stood 

 glaring up at him for a few minutes, threat- 

 ening him and holding him in mortal ter- 

 or, then went to her cubs, called them 

 lown, went to the flock, caught a sheep 

 for supper, and vanished in the brush. As 

 >on as the bear left the cabin the trem- 

 >ling Antone begged Joe to show him a 

 ;ood safe tree, up which he climbed like 

 sailor climbing a mast, and remained as 

 long as he could hold on, the tree being 

 Jmost branchless. After these disastrous ex- 

 periences the two shepherds chopped and 

 gathered large piles of dry wood and made 

 ring of fire around the corral every night, 

 while one with a gun kept watch from a 

 :omfortable stage built on a neighboring 

 pine that commanded a view of the corral. 

 This evening the show made by the circle 

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