Many a grizzly bear did the famous "silver rifle" lay
low, and many a wild, exciting chase and adventure did
Dick go through; but during his occasional visits to the
Mustang Valley he was wont to say to Joe Blunt and
Henri--with whom he always sojourned--that "nothin'
he ever felt or saw came up to his
first
grand dash over
the western prairies into the heart of the Rocky Mountains."
And in saying this, with enthusiasm in his eye
and voice, Dick invariably appealed to, and received a
ready affirmative glance from, his early companion and
his faithful loving friend, the dog Crusoe.
THE END.