NAT'S SHAGGY PUP. 163 
Up he mounted, ranch out of breath. All at once he 
heard his father's shouts. 
Here I am, papa," he answered, looking up. 
At the same moment the father's eyes fell on the ani- 
mal in his boy's arms. The man's face absolutely blanched 
with terror. The two Indians gained his side, and from 
the three men came a confused medley of cries that smote 
on the boy's ears as he tugged away at his load. 
A grizzly cub I A grizzly ! Drop it, Nat I DrojJ it, 
for your life ! " 
