was thrown into despair by the sudden arrival of Joe

with the tidings of the catastrophe we have just related.

Of course there was a general rush to the rescue.

Only a few men were ordered to remain to guard the

camp, while the remainder mounted their horses and

galloped towards the gorge where Charlie had been entombed.

On arriving, they found that Bruin had

worked with such laudable zeal that nothing but the

tip of his tail was seen sticking out of the hole which

he had dug. The hunters could not refrain from