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Helen could not see anything wrong with To supper-tih this was not remarked until afterward Dale whistled and called, but the rival pets did not return Next ly at the foot of Bo's bed, and when she arose he followed her around as usual But Muss did not return

The circu To stated that he had followed Muss's track as far as possible, and then had tried to put Toar would not or could not follow it Dale said To con, Bo lost one of her playmates

The hunter searched some of the slopes next day and even went up on one of the n of Muss, but he said he had found soirls want some more real excitement?" he asked

Helen smiled her acquiescence and Bo replied with one of her forceful speeches

"Don't ood an' scared?" he went on

"You can't scare me," bantered Bo But Helen looked doubtful

"Up in one of the parks I ran across one of my horses--a lame bay you haven't seen Well, he had been killed by that old silvertip The one we chased Hadn't been dead over an hour Blood was still runnin' an' only a little meat eaten That bear heard me or saw ht I'oin' up there, lay for hio, because I don't want to leave you here alone at night"

"Are you going to take Toet his scent An', besides, Tom ain't reliable on bears I'll leave Pedro hootten in the horses, the sun had set and the valley was shadowing lohile the ra trail Dale followed up the slope took nearly an hour to climb, so that when that was surht had fallen A rolling park extended as far as Helen could see, bordered by forest that in places sent out straggling stretches of trees Here and there, like islands, were isolated patches of timber