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The pups will go for my head, and 111 

 bat 'em in the jaw to teach em not to 

 fool with a bear's front end. You boys 

 encourage 'em to worry the hind end 

 of that bear pelt good and plenty." 



Such, in substance, were Gibson's 

 instructions to his unlicked cubs of 

 boys, and they of course promised to 

 do as they were told. 



Fell upon the enemy's rear 



Gibson disappeared in the darkness 

 with the bear hide, and presently theiv 

 was a cracking of brush and a growl 

 that set all the dogs straining at their 

 ropes and whining with eagerness to 

 tackle the disturber. The boys prompt- 

 ly turned loose all the dogs, and with a 

 full-tongued chorus the pack launched 

 itself into the brush and fell upon Gib- 

 son in the bear skin. 



The pups went for his head as they 

 were expected to do, but the war-wise 

 old hounds executed a turning move- 

 ment, and fell upon the enemy's rear. 



All talking, or rather shouting, at 

 once, the Gibson boys gave what 

 seemed to be a pretty fair imitation of 

 the ensuing disturbance. 



