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Sliding down the snow-covered side of a ht with all the sensations Hicks had described and some he had omitted

When they had reached the particular spot which he had recoave Mr Stott a orn gold-pan that he had found so at the top with the party as spectators, Mr Stott shot down the side like the proverbial bullet, but ed to cries of acute distress, owing to the fact that the friction wore a hole through the pan to the size of a dollar, and Mr Stott, unable to stop his unique toboggan or endure the torture longer, turned over and finished the trip on his stomach

Mr Stott's eyes often rested upon Hicks afterith a questioning look in theenuine that cynical as his legal training had ed to think that it was purely an accident which ht not happen one time in a million

No point in the Park had been anticipated more than the camp at the Cañon where Mr Hicks averred that the bears cae Their tour thus far had been a disappointment in that the wild animals, hich they had been informed the Park teemed, were nowhere in evidence

A deer had crossed the road ahead of theh Mr Penrose's field-glasses, but otherwise they had seen nothing that they could not have seen in Pennsylvania

Mr Hicks' tales of the bears had aroused their interest to such a point that as soon as the camp site was selected they loaded their caet pictures while the light was favourable

It chanced to be one of the days, however, when the bears had no taste for garbage and although they waited until nearly supper-time not a bear put in its appearance Mr Penrose, in particular, was disappointed and vexed about it, and while it was unreasonable to hold Hicks in any way accountable for their absence, he could not refrain froerated this bear business, Hicks I have no doubt that a bear or two may come down occasionally, I have the word of others for it, but as for droves of bears--swarms--I think you have overstated"

Mr Hicks cringed under the criticism, and admitted with a conciliatory whine in his voice that was rather sickening: "Perhaps I did enlarge a little, Mr Penrose Possibly I was over-anxious to be interesting I apologize sincerely if I have misled and disappointed you I hope, however, that you will yet have the opportunity of seeing at least one before we leave here"