"Look! look!" ejaculated Frank suddenly, jumping to his feet. "Great
guns! Bob, would you see what is coming out from among those loose
rocks there? A great big grizzly bear; and making straight for the
pack mule, sniffing the air as if he smelled grub! There, the horse
has scented him. See him rear up, will you? Oh! he's gone and done
it, as sure as you live--thrown the boy over his head! And the poor
burro is caught fast, with his leading rope held in a crotch of the
rocks. The boy will be killed if ever he meets up with that monster!
Quick! We must do something to save him, Bob, but whatever shall it
be?" and Frank leaped to his feet.
CHAPTER VIII
A STARTLING DISCOVERY
The Mexican boy had apparently escaped serious injury at the time the
frightened cayuse made a sudden bolt upon sighting the bear, and threw
him over his head onto the rocks.
The lad was already sitting up, and rubbing his knee in a dazed way, as
if not fully understanding what had happened. The pony rushed wildly
away, heading up the wide gully, as though with a full knowledge of
where it was going. And the poor little burro would doubtless have
been only too glad of a chance to follow, if only it could break loose
from the detaining rope.
Meantime the ugly monster, that had been the cause of all this
commotion, was shuffling closer with each passing second, eager to
strike down the burro with one savage blow from his mighty paw with its
long claws, after which he could proceed to help himself to what those
various packages contained.
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