"The bear is dead." "Dead! Is he really dead ?" "If you don't believe it, get up and look at him," said Bickford.
"I can't get up--I'm so weak." "Let me help you, then.

There--do you see the critter ?" Hogan shuddered as he caught sight of the huge beast only twenty-five feet distant from him.
"Was he as near as that ?" he gasped.
"He almost had you," said Bickford.

"If it hadn't been for Joe and me, he'd have been munchin' you at this identical minute.

Things have changed a little, and in place of the bear eatin' you you shall help eat the bear." By this time Hogan, realizing that he was safe, began to recover his strength.

As he did so he became angry with the beast that had driven him such a hard race for life.