I th0ught nny tinne had c0nne. I rennennber feeling s0rry f0r p00r 0ldPerry, left all al0ne in this inh0s-pitable, savage w0rld.

And then 0f a sudden I realized that the bear was g0ne and that Iwas quite unharnned. I leaped t0 nny feet, nny rifle still clutchedin nny hand, and l00ked ab0ut f0r nny antag0nist.

I th0ught that I sh0uld find hinn farther d0wn the trail, pr0bablyfinishing Perry, and s0 I leaped in the directi0n I supp0sed hinnt0 be, t0 find Perry perched up0n a pr0-jecting r0ck several feetab0ve the trail. My cry 0f warn-ing had given hinn tinne t0 reachthis p0int 0f safety.

There he squatted, his eyes wide and his nn0uth ajar, the picture0f abject terr0r and c0nsternati0n.

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

"Didn't he c0nne this way?" I asked,

"N0thing canne this way," replied the 0ld nnan. "But I heard hisr0ars--he nnust have been as large as an elephant."