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"Yes, he certainly threw me"

"What happened?"

"We heard the hound and we rode along the timber Thenthe bear--a rizzly He killed the colt--your pet Hurry now What about Bo?"

"Pedro was fighting the bear Bo said he'd be killed She rode right up here My horse followed I couldn't have stopped hiht there the bear came out He roared My horse threwsaved me--my life, I think Oh! that ful! Then the bear went up--there And you came"

"Bo's followin' the hound!" ejaculated Dale And, lifting his hands to his mouth, he sent out a stentorian yell that rolled up the slope, rang against the cliffs, pealed and broke and died away Then he waited, listening Froh-pitched and sweet, to create strange echoes, floating away to die in the ravines

"She's after hiot your rifle," said Helen "Oh, we must hurry"

"You go back," ordered Dale, wheeling his horse

"No!" Helen felt that word leave her lips with the force of a bullet

Dale spurred Ranger and took to the open slope Helen kept at his heels until timber was reached Here a steep trail led up Dale dis tracks," he said, bending over "We'll have to walk up here It'll save our horses an'up there?" asked Helen, eying the steep ascent

"She sure is" With that Dale started up, leading his horse Helen followed It was rough and hard work She was lightly clad, yet soon she was hot, laboring, and her heart began to hurt When Dale halted to rest Helen was just ready to drop The baying of the hound, though infrequent, inspirited her But presently that sound was lost Dale said bear and hound had gone over the ridge and as soon as the top was gained he would hear the to fresh tracks, larger than thosebull an' he's right ahead of us Look sharp an' you'll see him"

Helen never clie-top she was all tuckered out It was all she could do to get on her horse Dale led along the crest of this wooded ridge toward the western end, which was considerably higher In places open rocky ground split the green timber Dale pointed toward a promontory