her, and she came to the mouth of the den and then 

 returned to sleep. Once she came out for a few 

 hours, but, though tempted, refused to eat. Ordi- 

 narily Miss Grizzly slept outside the sawmill, 

 against one end of the building; but sometimes she 

 spent the night beneath the edge of the slab-pile. 



The third autumn at the mill Miss Grizzly made 

 numerous excursions into the woods alone, and one 

 day she went off on one from which she did not 

 return. 



BEN FRANKLIN 



James Capen Adams, known as "Grizzly Ad- 

 ams," the celebrated hunter and trapper of wild 

 American animals, was easily foremost for what he 

 accomplished in showing the real character of the 

 grizzly bear. His biography, "The Adventures of 

 James Capen Adams," tells of his intelligent, sym- 

 pathetic, and successful methods in handling griz- 

 zly bears, whether they were young or old. He 

 made loyal companions of grizzlies and trained 

 them so that they served him capably in a number 

 of capacities. In the handling of these animals Ad- 

 ams studied their character. He was uniformly 

 sympathetic, kind, calm, and firm. He endeavored 

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