The St. Landry whig., 1844-09-05

and comen slower and slower I'LL the time. 80
that, at last, he didn't seem to move none and
directly, when he'd got so near that the captin
could jest giSs him a did Ii the Hose BY reachen
torrad putty smart and far thescaptin see that the
beast was frnz fast too, nor lie couldn't move d
step further torrad to ways. Then tie captin
barsto out q laughen, and clappedlis hands down
on to his thighs, and reared. The bear seemed
10 be most onnnighty mad at the Old NUNS fun,
and set up such d growies .ss What should come
topass, hut the ice cracks and breaks ali around
the captiri and the bear, down to the waters
edge, and the sRidd list thena shiften, ana comen
off shore, away they tloated B1 a cake Of ice
aboutten By six, off to sea, without the darned a
biscuit, Or q QUART o liquor to stand on sem the
crnisel There they sot, the bear and the cap
tin, Jest 50 near that when they both reached for
RAIDS, they could Jest about touch noses, ana no.
Their one. not able q move ang part oil him, ex.1I
cepten bis upper part and fore paws .yfedica.
n ! by4olya !, mat met w Msa rather stesa 4 fs'hh lis coat.
shonId have tbonqbt tBstsne captinss nose anu
ans and tds.ssa,,lsna been frozen too.
@That's quite ngyr9 to sap Prs ;pper parts. by
thevVpear kept R54Rflfnf III, and breathen hard and hot
nelase6d man Whenever he growled at him.
TheIa polar bears is wonderful hardy animals,
and Has a monstrous deal d heat into EN-, by
means Of their being able to stand such cold eli
mates, expect. And so the captin knowed this,
and whenever he felt chilly, he Jest TUX his ram.
rod, and stirredu the old rasesl, and made him
roar and squeal, and then The hot breath would
come pouren out all over the ssRsin, and made
the air quite moderut and pleasS,, Well, there
ant much more ont. OFF they Eent to sea, and
sometimes the wind druv 'em n ..lhe, and thepd
agin, ii dirty 'enis outhe mostly; az, so it went u
untilthey were out about three seeks. So, a.
81 last, one afternoon'S[ 4
ssBut, Venus, stop tell It's, iI1AtlIs Mamie
wonder, how didtRes captain conyy I've to support
, life all this time R"
$ "Wby, sir, to be sure, it was hard kind %
life to support, but a hardy man will get used to
+; almost
"No, no what did He eat? what did he feed
ont
ao-O-Tfdh like to'vN skipped that ere. Why
sir, I'VE heerd different accounts Us Ia that.
ri Uncle Obe Verify told he reckoned the cap
Z tincut off one of the be; rs paws, when he lay
stretched out asleep, ond day, with his jack knife,
and sucked that for todd j, and they say there
n IA smart deal q nourishS nent in d white bear's
foot. BUTT may be alloYedeo spend MY PIN
ion, / should say my Oh lis account is tht
rigHtest, and that's-wha follows. You SCI
49, - j. ! aso,v Lir5 y, IN IA as lid han thsy q
y friendly. for misery loves Tread M. You know
ID aad ths eaptin saidthe beap OgdlSgaa at him seye
y, raj times, very sorrowtul, as Nitch as to say, tcap
ee tin, what tIs devil shall we do 4' Well, one ia
on they was stitch, Ioosen at each other with th
10 tears ready to burst out o. their eyes, when alIo
on a hurry, somethin' come floppen Up ont o. til
le waterSon the ice. The Saptin lookedand SO,
up il Was a seal. The bear'seyes Rindled tp as b
r. looked at il, andthen, the captin said he civ hin
w the wink 70 keep still. So there they s6t, still
to as starch, till the seal, not thinker nothen q
IN them no more norif they wasdead, walked RICH
I'D up between 'em. Then slump I wentdowna 81
e. wllftey's nails into the lsh's flesh, and the eaptil
en- run bis iack-kniie into the tender loins Ih
Al seal soon cot his bitters, and the eaptin cutabi
p hunk of Inc tail eend, and put II behind him, OF
o the bears reach, and then he Iit smart nm
W, comfortable, for he had stores enough for lon
No cruize, though the bear couldn't say 40 muchfo
on himself
nd aWell the bear by course soon run out q pfc
II, visions, andhad to put himself onto shoft allow
lst ancE and then he begun to show his natyrt
ast temper. He first stretched himself out as fur 1
he he could 90, and tried to hook the eaptin's piec
ar o%'seal, but when he found he couldn't reno
he that, he begun to blow and yelll Then he
es, rare up and rear, andtry ~ get hinisel Il clear frol
an the ice. But mostly he raredsup and roared, on
pounded his big paws and head upon the ice, Il
ge bye and bye and (jest as t6B taptlhSsaid !
expected, the ice cracked Id two agin, aHd spl
right through between the bear and the capt.
ear and there they afas 6a 4SEediagTgt piecekU u
as the captin and the bear! The old man said
VI. raaly felt sorry al parten company, and wis
W. the cake split and separated, he cut oF about
halfa'pcuna o. seal and cRuckGd it to the ben
md But either because it wa'nt enough for him,
up else on account o. his feelen bad at the captin
ooen. tho beast Wotildn't touch it to cat il, al
'es he hid itdown, and growled and moaned over
to quite pitifal. Well, Of they went, one one wa
hty and tother mother way, both feeIn pretty bad
rz expect. Aftefa while the captin got smart q.
the cold, and felt mighty lonesome, and he said
the raaly thought he'd a gin in and died ifthey hadf
KEN picl'd him up that artefnB3hfs
GIT "Vyho picked lin up, Venus 7"
en-, "Who I a Goldfish craft off D. Newfotpdlalid,
aP- expect. They didn't know what to make q Ill
trT, when they see him slingen up his hat for EN-.
ten But they got out all their boats, and took a sni
he swivel and a couple o. muskets aboard d
but started off--expecten it was the sea-sarpent
IN old maremaid. They wouldn't believe It i
the a man, until he'd told 'en ill about it, and til
mes they didn't hardly believe il nuther, and they {
the him out d the ice and TUX him aboard their "
hen sci, ard rubbed his legs with lie oiYitrol but
D a wes q long time afore they come To-"
see 'Did'ntthey hurt him badly IN cutting b
get out, Vents n
gts ssNo. sir believe not: nor 50 bad as .
hat might s'pose for you see he'd been stuck in
and long, thatthe circulation on his blood had HI
rs d rottedthe leo that was right nextto hint a
fast when ihey baogn N 6nf. II craelpd fM bl
AM smart asrd easy, and he come cut whole like
had biIsd algg.s'
vai- sEyghat became ofthe bearG's
leH1 7tt(yan't HgV NE In that What ltprnuAe an him.