Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-04
JAMES EEAR tanning.
Wis Unsuccessful! .'t.s,npt I" Follow the
Story I: ,oi Neil ,n,!.


perfect passion for tanning bears.
Not that he ever AIMED any as he Was
only seven years old: but his interest
in bears began " zen he was only five.
and to please hi IL he was fitted ont
with little hui lting-sut when the
family went to The country for the
summer. Almost as soon as they ar
rived jamie Won d take his bow and
arrows and begf- to look for bear
he also kept one eye out for Indians.
but so far he hid seen neither bear
nor s::rHges.
No one told hint that he would never
find one, because he seemed to take so
mach comfort i'll looking for them: hut
when he had bern hunting for three
summers without seeing even the silad-
ow OF a bear. LEI alone an Indian, it
appeared to him to be quite time for
something to happen
Papa and mar. m:, and jamie who
were all the faniil:. went 10 Maine that
summer, and il l1oked so delightfully."-
wild all around the country hotel
where they were . stay that the young
hunter lelt quite sure Of finding Il bear
this time He il tended 10 tame oae,
ard lead ii home in Triumph 1t was
getting i little til sso1nc TO be asked 50
often Found Il ear yet Jamc"'
BESIDES Jamie ,!ad formed some very
clear notions OF ais own during these
years Of hunting or just what lie in
tended 10 do witt: the bear when once
1t was caught anil tanned Whenever
STORYTELLING time came around in the
past winter he W ,uld always coax Ills
m M n h
again from the j ,ngle Book the. story
OF the big black ear that was so kind
to Mowgi; how i, taught him 10 huut
and guarded him while he slept
NOW. II an II ltamcd jungle bear
could he so good 10 Il little forest bny
Jamie reasoned ihat greater wonders
and docilily could be shown by his boar
after il understood lie meant ii nuharm.
but only kindness. He would teach il
to draw his blIe-whceled cart ncy: an
tamn when he went a-nuttin", and
when school-days came Brun could
trnt along beside him and carry his
bnok-satchcl between his great strong
tec,h. Then to think OF the fun he
would have When the snow fell With
Eruin hitchcd to his lo.,hlc-r,nncr
sled. While planning these good times
Jamie fell fast asleep the night they
arrived nj the hotel.
Bright and early the next mornin..
before any other mcruhrr OF the pariv
was up, Master Jamie went ont 10 On
plore the premises All the ground
in the county seemed to belong 10 that
one house. Bat he was not dressed
We; for hunting ana when he came
Ir l,ic ii
was something OF a shock Not so
much so, however. as if the bear had
come upon him.
Fortunately the bear was chained
But he was not Il pleasant creature 10
meet. His rntfed-out cheeks. noinsed
nose. duh little eyes and short cars
were, the reverse OF pretty and his
\. clumsy body made him look like n
grea; brown pig. EXCEPT for the thick.
strong paws.
The animals low growl as Jamie an
+ preached him WAS rather lhre.trnin.
for he had eaten nothing since the MID
die OF the Gay hcfsre. He did not seen,
10 know how 10 live on his own iat az
the bears III books do, ard he gl:ired
e fsrociOnsjy at wha, lie believed 10 he
his breakfast coming toward him. Ru,
Jamie was a boy not easily disconr-
aged and he made up his mind quickly
/ that II The bear was not as handsome
I, as the bears he had read about, Vet i,
nigh; DC made as pleasant; plnyfeilow
/; was Il brave little fcliGw. i:lpug!;
who VAS venturins into Tie jaws Of
danger, and thinking tia; the bear Vas
chained there TO be tanned, lie reminded
IL n jrTiy AZ .l,... J I,e,I
frs, step toward doing this was 10 looi.
the creature steadily in tie ewes ana
approach it Very slowly. The hear All,
hot nlhc being stared at. and he just
stared steadily back Bu; while Ia mic
saia to himself that ne was getting
almost near enonei! to pat liz, head and
make him his friend forever. Hrujn
was Gioatins over the attractive ,nryi
before him.
Fortunately tic lat wa: never given
for staItii4s!y lon,l voice cnIjed
Jamie to come to lis nothc, Al .,nre
and dropping the bear tli2urafivciv
tacafing, as ne had no, pi.keG him ~,
ne l!ew 20 the house 10 See what haa
happened 10 his beloved payr,, ~.
hn4SIY animal was furious rs mis- an
Icipated frey vanished from Ms sicl.
atlc ne tfed 70 break his ci.ain. In,
~; :efpe. Wan nas l,atiin4 dim about
ne coantfy il a n.lt-s@med ,.on,jjIjon
A now appeared u1on Tie scene and 81
fenced MIA for the inc ,eiti Z. blt,y; on /
the head. 7;
mere was nothing Whatever the I
matter win Ja.nies mamma. int me
ho;ei-heei@r, who .sa.g sie bo4's dan
IS ger, had s!IfinGy IN 8,,,0 A.. .it;s ,,,s,. VIA