Even grandmother Ruth would have gone, if it had not been quite so cold and snowy.

Although minus one foot, Old Three Paws was known to be a savage bear, that had had more than one encounter with mankind.
While the rest stood back, Addison approached on tiptoe with the looking-glass, and held it to the hole for some moments.

Then he examined it and looked back at us, nodding.

There was moisture on it.
The girls climbed upon a large rock among the spruces.

The old Squire, with one of the guns, took up a position beside a tree about fifty feet from the "hole." He posted Asa, who was a pretty good shot, beside another tree not far away.