ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING PAGE
“The Gray Master.”[Frontispiece]
“Last Bull, standing solitary and morose on a little knoll in his pasture.”[6]
“Only to be hurled back again with a vigor that brought him to his knees.”[10]
“When the grizzly saw her, his wicked little dark eyes glowed suddenly red.”[32]
“Almost over his head, on a limb not six feet distant, crouched, ready to spring, the biggest puma he had ever seen.”[64]
“He reached the tree just in time to swing well up among the branches.”[72]
“For perhaps thirty or forty yards the bull was able to keep up this almost incredible pace.”[90]
“Then the second puma pounced.”[134]
“He launched himself on a long, splendid sweep over the gulf.”[144]
“After this the eagle came regularly every three or four hours with food for the prisoner.”[160]
“And the writhing tentacles composed themselves once more to stillness upon the bottom, awaiting the next careless passer-by.”[176]
“Without the slightest hesitation he whipped up two writhing tentacles and seized him.”[188]