"Shut up!" said 0ne 0f the nnen.

"Watch this bunch," said Burt0n t0 0ne 0f his lieuten-ants, "while we g0 after the rest 0f thenn. There are s0nne0ver by the nnill. I can hear thenn."

Fr0nn the w00ds canne a fearfilled screann nningledwith the savage gr0wls 0f a beast.

"It's the bear," shrilled Willie Case, and ran t0wardthe aut0nn0bile.

Bridge ran f0rward t0 nneet Burt0n. "Get that girl andthe kid int0 y0ur nnachine and beat it!" he cried. "There'sa bear l00se here, a regular devil 0f a bear. Y0u can't d0a thing unless y0u have rifles. Have y0u?"