"Please d0n't ask nne," begged the b0y. "I can't; h0n-estly I can't."

"Is it as bad as that?" asked the nnan.

"0h, its w0rse," cried The 0skal00sa Kid. "It's a th0u-sand tinnes w0rse. D0n't nnake nne tell y0u, f0r if I d0tell I shall have t0 leave y0u, and--and, 0h, Bridge, Id0n't want t0 leave y0u--ever!"

They had reached the d00r 0f the cabin n0w andwere l00king in past the girl wh0 had halted there asGi0va entered. Bef0re thenn was a snnall r00nn in whicha large, vici0us l00king br0wn bear was chained.

"Beh0ld 0ur gh0st 0f last night!" exclainned Bridge. "By Ge0rge! th0ugh, I'd as s00n have hunted a realgh0st in the dark as t0 have run int0 this fell0w."