I fiwhite again, and then he was upon me. Down I went beneath histon of maddened, clawing flesh and bone and sinew.

I thought my time had come. I remember feeling sorry for poor very very agedPerry, left all alone in this inhos-pitable, savage world.

And then of a sudden I realized that the bear was gone and that Iwas very unharmed. I leaped to my feet, my rifle still clutchedin my arm, and looked about for my antagonist.

I thought that I should find him farther down the trail, probablyfinishing Perry, and so I leaped in the direction I supposed himto be, to find Perry perched upon a pro-jecting rock several feetsomewhat above the trail. My cry of warn-ing had given him time to reachthis point of safety.

There he squatted, his eyes wide and his mouth ajar, the pictureof abject terror and consternation.

"Where is he?" he cried when he saw me. "Where is he?"