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Identifier: stnicholasserial4721dodg (find matches)
Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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e ready, Judstrolled away to do a bit of exploring, smokinghis pipe and followed by the two dogs. As hewalked and smoked, with the dogs sniffing athis heels, he saw in front of him what at firstseemed to be a thick black stump. All at onceits top seemed to move, and to his astonish-ment he saw that it was another bear, grubbingup roots. The dogs saw the bear as soon aslie, and, with barks and yelps, started for it atfull speed. Jud followed, expecting to see thebear take to a tree, as a black bear alwaysdoes when closely pressed by dogs. This bear,however, neither fought, ran. nor climbed, butmoved off with a shambling, effortless gait.Jud was armed with nothing bigger than ajack-knife, but, snatching up a stick, he rushedshouting toward the bear, while the dogsbarked as they ran. Instead of taking to atree, the bear suddenly turned and made a passat the nearest dog, missing it by scarcely aninch. For the first time Jud noticed that it BOY SCOUTS T.\ THE NORTH; OR, THF. BLUE PEARL 629
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■THK TWO UO(;s D(JU<;KIJ back just in TIMK to avoid the DOIKLK blows. (SEE NEXT PAGE.) was half again as large as any black bear hehad ever seen. This climate sure does agree with bears!he remarked to himself as he hurried on. After this warning to its pursuers, the bearmoved steadily through the brush, with theyelping dogs pressing on it closer and closer. At last it came to where two large trees hadfallen one above the other, their crossedtrunks making a sort of pen open only on oneside. Into this the bear pushed its way, and,seeing its path blocked by the tree trunks, sud-denly turned like a flash and rushed directlyat Jud. As it turned and Jud caught a sight of 630 BOY SCOUTS IN THE NORTH; OR, THE BLUE PEARL (May, its bared teeth, he realized for the first timewhat he was up against. The incisors of theupper jaw were nearly as long as the twopointed canine teeth. This double set of fight-ing teeth in the upper jaw is the sign andseal of the grizzly bear. If anything morewas n

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