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She stood as high as she could and set all her bristles on end; then, growling and chopping her teeth, she faced him. The Grizzly, so far as I could see, took no notice of her. He came striding toward the feast although alone. But when Grumpy got within twelve feet of him she uttered a succession of short, coughy roars, and, charging, gave him a tremendous blow on the ear.
Occasionally a motor-car sped by, or a passer-by, each step clear on the asphalt. The song of crickets grated against the darkness. An infant in the right-side house raised a fretful voice once or twice, and then broke into a sustained and coughy fit of crying. Lights flashed up in the windows, silhouettes moving across drawn shades. Then silence again.
Finally there came a whimper from the depths of the blanket, and a light and coughy little cry against and into her heart. She stood on the corner, arguing with herself for a clear brain, the easy fatigue of weakness beginning to descend and a queer unsteadiness of limb setting in. "Don't lose your head, Lilly," she admonished of self. "There is a way, only you haven't yet struck it.
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