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