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The Outdoor Chums After Big Game - Or, Perilous Adventures in the Wilderness by Captain Quincy [pseud.] Allen
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"For the life of me I can't imagine," returned Frank, sorely puzzled.

"But we'll soon know, fellows, for here comes Mr. Mabie, and he's
swinging his hat as though just as excited as the balance of the crowd.
Whatever it is, he means to tell us!" cried Jerry, his eyes glowing with
the nerve-racking anxiety.




CHAPTER VII

THE GRIZZLY AT BAY


"Boys, do you want to see some fun?" called the ranchman as he came up.

"Always ready for that sort of thing, sir. What's going on?" asked
Frank.

"An old friend of ours, whom we call 'Mountain Charlie,' has broken
bounds at last, and is even now trying to drag one of my best yearlings
off to the mountain canyon where he has his den," replied the other.

"Mountain Charlie?" repeated Frank, mystified.

"And has a den in the mountains, too! What sort of a beast is that? Or
can it be a wild man?" asked Bluff.

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