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The Grizzly King

CHAPTER SEVEN
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And when one hunts in the right way one learns facts.

You needn't worry.

I'm going to put only facts in what I write." Suddenly he turned and looked at Bruce.
"What were some of the 'fool things' you read in those books ?" he asked.
Bruce blew out a cloud of smoke reflectively.
"What made me maddest," he said, "was what those writer fellows said about bears havin' 'marks.' Good Lord, accordin' to what they said all a bear has to do is stretch 'imself up, put a mark on a tree, and that country is his'n until a bigger bear comes along an' licks 'im.

In one book I remember where a grizzly rolled a log up under a tree so he could stand on it an' put his mark above another grizzly's mark.

Think of that! "No bear makes a mark that means anything.


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