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THE BEARS OF BLUE RIVER

“Balser was more fortunate in his aim, and gave the bear a mortal wound.”

The
Bears of Blue River

BY

CHARLES MAJOR

AUTHOR OF “WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER,” ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY A. B. FROST AND OTHERS

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., Ltd.

1908

All rights reserved

Copyright, 1900, 1901,

By Curtis Publishing Co.       By John Wanamaker.

Copyright, 1901,

By CHARLES MAJOR.

First published elsewhere. Reprinted November, 1902;

March, 1904; October, 1908.

New edition September, 1906.

Norwood Press

J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith

Norwood Mass. U.S.A.