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y begun to beset you."
Oscar was almost bewildered by the effect that was produced by these words. He could hardly believe that the man who shook him so cordially by the hand when he ceased speaking was the same Colonel Dunhaven who had always repelled his advances with the utmost haughtiness.
The colonel was like Mr. Dibbits in one particular--he had the greatest respect for big names.
"My dear fellow," said he, "why did you not tell me all this before?"
"For all that, I should think you might be gentleman enough to treat a stranger civilly when he approaches you in a civil way."
"I wonder what he would say now if I should ask him to hunt in company with me?" thought our hero. "I'll not try the experiment, for he might consent, and I don't think I want him. I wouldn't sell out if I were in your place, colonel," he said aloud. "You must have spent a good deal of money in getting here. I know I did, and I never wasted a shilling; and I wouldn't let those fellows"--here he nodded his head toward the men who were gathered about the bar--"have the satisfaction of knowing that they had beaten me. Take this chair, and I will tell you something."
Oscar and the colonel seated themselves in front of one of the windows, with their backs toward the bar, and the former gave a short account of his experience with one of the cattle-dealers. What it was we shall presently see.
THE MUSEUM.
"It beats anything I ever heard of. Do you suppose that Oscar Preston really killed a grizzly bear and saved his guide's life?"
"Of course he did. Sam Hynes received a letter last February that contained a full account of it."
"Why didn't he tell the fellows then?"
"Because Oscar asked him to keep it secret. He didn't want his mother to know anything about it, for fear it would frighten her, and Sam told no one but Mr. Chamberlain."
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