d I'll get a heap of money fer 'em, and you can
have half," added Dot.

Just at that crisis, when the ladies were going to call to Mike to shoot
the bear and be done with it, the timber-men were heard coming from the
cutting.

Mr. Starr and Mr. Latimer came first, and, seeing that some unusual
event was going on, they ran over to Mike to ask the cause. Just as Mr.
Latimer's eyes came opposite the opening of the window, the bear stuck
his big bushy head out and, with eyes like balls of fire, he uttered a
snarl that curled back his lips, showing frightful fangs ready to tear
everyone to shreds.

Mr. Latimer made a queer noise, halfway between a shriek and a groan,
and fell up against Cookee. It was so unexpected and sudden that Cookee
was toppled off of his feet and the door swung halfway open again. In
that second the bear came down from the window and thundered at the
door, but Mike was too agile an Indian to have that door open, and
before the bear could get his nose through the crack, the door slammed
shut again, and Mr. Starr was stationed there to hold it.

"Meester Don an' Doot, say, 'Keep bear live for park,'" explained Mike,
waiting orders from the bosses.

As soon as Cookee gained his breath, which had been knocked out by the
sudden fall, he explained.

"The twins want to let the bear stay in this cabin and they'll sleep in
the office. They want to sell him to the park and get a lot of money."

"Shoot him, quick!" ordered Mr. Starr, seeing the wet nose of the bear
appear at the opening again.

Mike took a good aim this time and soon a crack of the gun, followed by
a heavy thud inside the cabin, made them all breathe easier. The doors
of the other buildings opened and the prisoners stepped out to ask if it
was safe to come over.

Don and Dot did not wait for an answer but ran to join the men.

Mike carefully crept up to the window and tried to see the inside of the
cabin, but he could only see the two bunks opposite the window. After a
short time, not a sound being heard inside, Mike pushed his head inside
the window.

There lay the ponderous animal on the floor under the window just as he
had dropped.

"All gone!" said Mike, laconically as ever.

The door was opened and the men peeped in first. Then the door was
opened wide and everyone went in.

"Two big dead bears, and two little live ones," said Meredith.

"Not so bad for one trap's work, eh?" said Paul.

"I was just thinking: what did Mi