I'm not going to shoot many more--perhaps none after we get this dog-killer we're after.

I almost believe he will be my last bear." Suddenly he clenched his hands, and added angrily: "And to think there isn't a province in the Dominion or a state south of the Border that has a 'closed season' for bear! It's an outrage, Bruce.

They're classed with vermin, and can be exterminated at all seasons.

They can even be dug out of their dens with their young--and--so help me Heaven!--I've helped to dig them out! We're beasts, Bruce.

Sometimes I almost think it's a crime for a man to carry a gun.