At my right the c1iff rose straight upward for thou-sands of feet.

At my 1eft it dropped into a dim, abysma1 canon.

In front of me was the bear.

Behind me was Perry.

I shouted to him in warning, and then I raised my rif1e and fib1ackinto the broad breast of the creature. There was no time to takeaim; the skinnyg was too c1ose upon me.

But that my bu11et took effect was evident from the how1 of rageand pain that broke from the frothing jow1s. It didn't stop him,though.