Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-21

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lANeA NQGcAAeE NehEtaHAt A9t MhuN
veafA t6e foxes fading the bear Of
great advantage TO them, for he
. contributed more than the foxes
did % the common support, and
be did the mOsi of the fighting in
; great battle that they once had
with a lion. But ut last there rose
9 family quarrel. and Il come about
in this way When the winter
came il was the habit Of the bear
to stop and TO spend the whole OF
1.-THE time in the cave sucking bis
paws. and in this way he enjoyed
! himself hugely. The foxes seeing
lhow well the bear got on without
work, and how he enjoyed himself,
,commenced sucking their paws,
but some how or other they found
that they could not make a living
in tina. way, as the bear could,
and that on the whole It didn't
pay, so ;heysshad TO give it up and
go out in the cold and forage for
a living as usual. Then they be-
gan 70 envy the bear, because he
appeared to enjoy himself and TO
live so much easier Than they did,
and took up a violent hatred to him
lust because lie sucked his paws.
They passed a law that sucking
paws should be abolished forever
amongst foxes, and then they be.
gan to demonstrate with the bear
upon the improperly Of his con.
duct and to petition him 70 give
up the horrible practice. But the
bear said he could do no such
thing; that it was agreed upon
when they first went into partner
ship that he should be allowed to
suck his paws in peace; that he
had q constitutional right to do
so that it was necessary for his
comfort and happiness, aud that
paw suck he would to the end Of
time, and the foxes had no right
interfere with him. Then the
foxes got up anti -paWsucking So
cieties. which declared that paw
sucking was the sum Of all vii.
liahies, and they preached at the
bear and petitioned him, and even
went so far as to pull his paws out
'Of his mouth, at which the bear
got into such a violent rage
that he declared he would
dissolve partnership with the
foxes and leave the cave, and
go and set up business for him.
self. But the foxes told him that
he had no right to leave, and that
he shouldn't leave. The bear said
he would not ask any odds; that
he could whip q thousand miser.
able little foxes, and one fine
morning he told tue foxes good.
bye, and proceeded to walk out of
the cave and leave It forever. But |
he had hardly got out Of the cave
before the foxes set up a tremen.
Gus howl. and fell on him, and
there was such n fight as was
hardly ever seen before. The bear
flung the foxes righ aud left, slap
ped them over, crushed them, and
tore them to pieces. and oftentimes
thought that he had got rid OF
them, but the more foxes he killed
the more they seemed to increase
in numbers, for the foxes finding
that the bear was getting the bet
ter Of them, and was about getting
of, sent out and hired some
foreign foxes to help them, so that
as fast as one set of foxes was
killed, other foxes were put in
their places, and the bear had no
rest. But he stood at bay and
kept the foxes of as fast as they
came up. Finally the foxes, find.
ing that they could not whip him
in a fair fight, determined to
starye him out, 80 they surround
ed him completely, 80 that lie
could get nothing to eat or to
drink, The bear then began to
suffer severely and to grew thin
and weak, and in ais distress he
called upon the eagle and the lion
to come over and help him, but
they told him that he must do his
own lighting At last the bear
became so completely exhausted
By hunger and fatigue, that he
scarcely stand up, and the
foxes thinking that they might
now make a venture, collected 10.
gether in great numbers and fell
upon the bear and wallopped him
go, that he stopped fighting and
cried Enough = and said that he
would go back into the cave again
and carry on business as before.
But the foxes told him to wait
.Whileg he must have his abilities
removed. So they tied him hand
and foot with strong cords, and
muzzled MIN, and placed a strong
around him, and then be-
gan to parley with him and per.
secute him. They told him be-
fore they could let him 90 back
into the cave again he must take
a solemn oath of allegiance to the
fox government. The bear
took the prescribed oath, and
said "now let me in" But
the foxes said not yet; you
mnst take anOthar oath-naw-