"While we were camped at the Old Bear's Hole, Dick Lewis got into a fight with a grizzly, and, although it didn't last more than half a minute, he was so badly cut up that his own mother wouldn't have recognized him.

Dick is a giant in strength, and as quick as a cat in his movements, and if he can't whip a grizzly, I am sure that Arthur Vane can't." "Humph!" said Johnny, "he never saw a grizzly.

I never did either, and there are plenty of them in this country.

Arthur had better be careful how he talks in Captain Porter's hearing.

The rough old fellow will see through him in an instant, and he may not be as careful of his feelings as we have been." Johnny, having by this time saddled his horse, he and Frank returned to the house, where they found Archie deeply interested in one of Arthur's stories.