CHAPTER XX

Over the Cliff The effect of Ted’s stratagem was instantaneous. The dazzling flare struck full in the eyes of the grizzly bear, and for a moment blinded it. The astonished brute halted abruptly in its tracks, pawing at its eyes that were full of the stinging particles of powder. That brilliant, blinding light not only disconcerted the bear, but saved Ted from an awful death in another form. As the light flared up, Ted saw that a few feet beyond him in the direction he had been running was the brink of a precipice. …