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Suddenly Roy reined in so sharply that he pulled the bay up short

"Look!" he called, sharply

Bo screaone!"

"Nell! It was a bear! I saw it! Oh! not like circus bears at all!" cried Bo

Helen had rizzly, an' I' his course soging in "After grubs There, see his track He was a whopper shore enough"

They rode on, out to a high point that overlooked canuon and range, gorge and ridge, green and black as far as Helen could see The ranges were bold and long, clied peaks raised their heads to the vast bare doht lay one rolling forest of pine, beautiful and serene Somewhere down beyond ht

"I see turkeys 'way down there," said Roy, backing away "We'll go down and around an' et a shot"

Descent beyond a rocky point was h thick brush This slope consisted of wide benches covered with copses and scattered pines and hted to see the fah these were different fronarled, but not tall, these trees spread wide branches, the leaves of which were yellowing Roy led into a grassy glade, and, leaping off his horse, rifle in hand, he prepared to shoot at soht Then Helen saw an immense flock of turkeys, apparently like the turkeys she knew at home, but these had bronze and checks of white, and they looked wild There must have been a hundred in the flock, an the flight, running swiftly off Helen plainly heard the thud of their feet Roy shot once--twice--three ti, and a loud roar ofin the air were left where the turkeys had been

"Wal, I got two," said Roy, and he strode forward to pick up his gaobblers back of his saddle and reets to camp in time"