On the other side of the lake Dick and Tom were working with feverish
energy, almost beside themselves with fear at their comrade's terrible
plight.
They had awakened soon after Bert's departure, and had been startled for
a moment at finding him gone. The absence of the canoe, however, followed
by a glimpse of it on the shore across the water, had reassured them, and
they had waited more or less patiently for his reappearance.
Suddenly Dick started to his feet.
"What's that?" he cried, pointing to the woods near the water's edge.
"Where?" exclaimed Tom, startled out of his usual calm by the evident
alarm in Dick's voice.
"In that big clump of trees over to the right," was the answer, and then
his voice rose to a shout: "Great Scott! It's a grizzly."
"And there comes Bert," yelled Tom. "Bert, Bert," they shouted wildly,
rushing down to the shore and waving their hands frantically.
They had seen Bert dart off into the woods with the bear in hot pursuit,
but the outcome of the chase had been hidden from their view. They did
not dare to think of what might have happened, and they looked at each
other in helpless anguish.
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