The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-04-04

VINO never MS WOrQ laLn De1eC.
Yes. priced above all this earth can afford,
Though iowly andspoor, Is the COY Of his word.
B-uek.
The Youths Companion relates the fol-
lowing story Of q pet seal, captured and
tanned by little Danish boy on the coast
of Greenland:
For time Peter watched the boats; but
finding this dull amusement, he by snd-by
set of for small hunt on his own account
and folio we'd along the shore till he came
near the foot Of Crest Kunak.
Here subdued, hosrse barking came to
his ears; and cautiously stealing around
point Of rocks, there before his eyes, lay two
large spotted seals with their pups, summing
on the ice-fOot-
their heads, stared st him for a second, then
bstook themselves to the water in great
haste. Peter had no weapon except stick
With this however, he vsliantlv tried to
get ahead of the shutting pair. They houn
dered en- despite his Interference, and
plunged headlo7g into the sea.
But the papsf Peter determined TO have
them, ard -sdrned to grab them, as they
came tapping snd tumbling after the old
ones. II was very slippery on the ice, and
clumsy Is the little seals seemed, they, al
but one, eontrIved to elude Peter. Upon
that one Peter pounced bodily, and held it
IN spite of its struggles.
It was q very baby Of a seal, not weigh
ing more than ten pounds, with the round
est of little noses, and very sleek. soft
head. It's sufused, yet intelligent, little
eyes looked up timidly into Peters face,
and its tiny imploring cry so touched his
heart that, for moment, he was moved to
let It 90. But then no thought what 8 nice
pet 1t would make, and hurried on.
Getting home with his prize, he procured
bit of cord and tied it, by one of its flip
pers, in q corner Of the store room, where
for q few days ne looked after It almost con-
SANITY and taught it to eat porridge.
AfLerwsrd, he dug hole for il in Q
snow bank and gave It 3 bed of straw TO
nestle in; and when the weather had grown
q little warmer, he ised to lead it down to
the shore every day for bath in the sea.
For time he took good care to never let
90 the rope. But soon the little seal grew
30 attached to his young master that this
precautioE became quite unnecessary. 1t
followed the boy everywhere, like dog,
shutting and scrambling along, and II was
ls0ghable t. see its clumsy antics and gam
bols about Peters legs. The lad named it
bruck-2 pet name IN DANISH
During the short summer, Peter was ac-
customed to 90 out shrlmping in bis fathers
boat every morning. When ready fer q
start be would whistle for Bruck, and the
young seal would elm into the boat Of its
own accord. But as soon az they had got
out where the purpiish hue of the water in.
diea.ed the presence of the shoals OF tinted
backed shrimps, overheard would 90 Bruck.
fr.hS Toct
breakfast for himself
Indeed. ne very soon came to catch his
own living, and grew so strong and large
that when less than year old, he weighed
$50 pounds.
The affection which this creature evinesd
for his master seems quite wonderful. II
became uneasy if the lad WAS out OF its
sight, even for five minutes, and would go
searching and whining for him in all their
usual hsunts-
When shut out Of the house By chance, it
beat and scratched ut the door far more per-
sistently than dog. Its fsvorIte place to
sleep wss the loot Of Peters bed. If not
forcibly put out, it would be sure to get
there; and all through the first winter its
body made most comfortable "foot- brick'
for Peters toes
But after Bruck had grown so large.
Mother Msxfelt objected to his presence in
the house. So Peter built little shed for
his pet. lust outside. But for three or four
nights, Bruck whined and scratched st the
door by the hour; and it was long befoze he
would 90 to his shed Of his own accord.
Thus passed two or three years, and BrVck
had grs wn to be fully Eve feet IN length.
Peter wss now sixteen years Of age, and
had begun to work in the mine with his
father. Vet the same affection continued
between tho two. Bruck often came wad-
ding to the qusrries. and was as much q
pet with all the workmen as ever dog
could have bsen.
He had a peculiar trait of elm bing up
and looking people in the face with his
calm, soft eyer. 1t was saying among
the miners that Buck "knew as much as q
msnr-only he couldn't talk
They judged, by his actions and moods,
that if only De could spes k. he was able to
foretell storms, Perhaps he vas, for these