New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-17


caterwauling friend in the distance. The Great
ure had never ceased his most eloquent appeals
to me to renew my tale and inform him Of my
exact whereabouts Now. though speak lynx
,onp1.arc like a native | cannot claim to un-
derstand much of what Is said to me III 'h''
tongue hut I felt as certain as cocksureness
can go that the lynx was addressing 10 "c
every fond and endearing expression TO De iouiiu
in the feline vocabulary. Oh. he simply auofcu
mol was sure of it: though ! felt also mat
I must not be too elatcd by the circumstances
since he obviously took me for some one cis''
some one he had loved and lost, ana whom
evidently rcsembcd-in voice. at least Ter
haps they had parted in anger over the choices'
cut in the body Of hare, as lynXes WILL anu
he was now anxious to acknowledge mat ne
had been in error throughout the BUSINESS
and longed 10 be friends again
1T must have been something or TINS SORT
for the poor fellow responded with Touching
warmth the instant that he heard my voice up
raised anew. Indeed. he Tedoubicd MS eN''
tons to convince me that he only heen'" "
be heard In order to bc forgiven ana taken
back forthwith to my heart am sure gave
him every announcement to come ana h'"h'
it up; / yelled quite as Justify as ne dId al"
the noise we two lynxcs mad" Tor "hl'
must have caused the rest OF the inmates oil
this part Of the forest considerable surprise ana
much disgust. How glad they must have 'ei'
that we are a rare animal, and do not come
down to their part OF the world very oi''h
Why ! can imagine them aging to one an
other during the long and noisy hours OF thai
night if these chaps were TO come down mere
often We should never get n wink OF Sleep
Il felt for them. but that did not prevent me
caterw auling all knew. And so the duet went
on for half an hour without much apparent
result | do not know whether my friend ex-
pected me to come to him. and was saying 50
all this time but at all events he did not al
first show any signs Of approaching me any
more than | had any intention Of leaving my
ambush in order to seek him out. sincerely
wished TINT knew the etiquette OF these III
tie matters as observed among lynxes for here
was / perhaps behaving with shocking rudeh'Ss
according to the established canons "' refine
noli,nncss. t,ut what could | do? was quite
determined that should not leave my place
unless absolutely obliged To do SO 10y 'h' az
tcrmincd obstinacy of my eloquent "u' p'E
headed relative. | must say felt rather acute
~. II he were really 50 exceedingly ANXIOUS
to make 1t up as his words ana p'Ss'"""' -
cndearlng tones implied. why on eafth '""''h
he come and do it,
AS the minutes went by decided that II
ne did not move at the end OF quarter VI
an hour | would. You see. II was no" s'''"t
on toward daylight. or, rather. dawn WIN"
would begin from about =" O'Clock. anu
could not afford to throw away much ho''
time over mere parlcying. believe ="
dcavored to convey my Dissatisfaction IN my
next few speeches and that did ~ with some
measure Of success for II seemed 10 me- that
when next nv relative spoke his voice sounded
a little nearer than before. After another MN
ute ar two felt no doubt OF H. n Was GER
,ainly approaching me The ice was broken at
last and he had decided In the most gentle
manly manner 10 waive any rights or prior
claims ne may have had To the hrst WISH ms
was as II should be. once he had made up his
mind to make the first move toward nearer
interview my friend appeared determined To
waste no further time over mere verbal en-
dearments but TO come soon ~ possible To
personal greetings.
Each impassioncd sentence now addressed to
me by the other lynx undoubtedly came from
a point nearer to me than the last until felt
sure that he could not now he more than a
quarter OF mile away. But here he paused,
and was glad Of the opportunity he thus gave
both OF resting my voice and ais" Of re
covering my nerve for. Indeed. ] war now too
excited by his rapid approaches, and 10y the
marvellous success ny 10 this point OF our con
vcrsaton. TO feel quite secure AZ 10 the abs"-
lutte corrcctn go Of my lynxine accent. Ia
be- put to the trial Of closer criticism There
fore | lay low for while, and gathered breath
and nerve for tn, crucial test to which my skill!
k.. ed nj