The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-31
The Good. katursd Bear Bear
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h1tWenn
y md been pursued. tho,N,h not a. soul
waa:to be seen at that hour and passed
"a, the left OF the moat OF the Castle, ana
Gift acroys the fields until ! got among
frs vlneyards Of Casenlsch. II was 20
dark that tan at q venture, and only
found out In after years the route MAO
taktrr. on that enventful night. knew
I could not hide safely here. 50 ! went On
scrambling on through garden, ana Or
chnrd ) and wood until came lnto the
HIGH road to Coblentz, which crossed;
ana again plunged into vineyardsttlll =
a mo suddenly upon the Rhine. Without
a., moments hesitation. swam' right;
across mnnf,lly."
a"ButH not like a. Va'entlhe VIZ, was
beginning, when Doctor Littlepump n le'
UP one Anger mcnaclnsly. b, I, !, M.
Bear. who perceived something IN the
,yjnd ri am we'll aware that the. strong
current OF the Rhine would render q dl-
rect line impossible. !, 49,,
ut wasn't that, -------- - little Val3 Oeku"
to say. l.s3 aii -
"sIience!r calculated Or. Littleputnp
with his most peremptory all, ana stamp 'aa
ing one foot. 55s . ~,
rough gentleman, deprecat ingly. y real
~ only wish to convey the TACT that :
ia nded safely on tho other side, ~ ratn 4
ar "a long slant, not far from KoniEsw'nter.
I again lost myself in the VINEYARDS nut
Il did the best l could to avoid Doth INC
village and the pathways to me Dracnen-
fe,s = because, though It could not nave
hean more than 2 o'clock In the morning
i ain feared that ! might meet some
marty OF English travellers. with don1eys
and torches, going up the road 70 sec ehe
rim rise. for / had heard It said there
wns M knowing what the English people
would do when they were on the CoAt''
nent. -. "a /.
ID now made my way upwards toHaI" -.
the flrthermost mountains. ~ we -, ~ ~
satisfied with the size OF the tlses ~.
ao,ne tImc. knew there would oe .
nrodirtous search after mo. BY runn!ns
= wnv was robbing my keepers OF
forti,ne: but / thought It no sin 10 stea.
mvself from those who owned me. AZ
Ia.tTI came to q forest, where the t1ees
ware very large and had abundance neg !. ~
bouehst and foliage. It was a'so .,,a ea
Hottest OF the mountains. Up o.ls ~ ,,ot
traaseI slowly climbed. being care1ul n.y.
-. .crane or leave marks upon the oaIk
~ tho tree. Choosing a sEss p'uce
,,.haro several large boughs crossed ehcll
other I bent some Of the smp.er ou.s
rn,,nd about, so that was cheeseman's tua''S
hidden from all eyes below. ,,,a
"Thc next morning. as was sure noo ~
he the case heard AZ SORTS ~ no.Sn
hunters and dogs, all over tno Iuun. at,,
.,a,,as,i nnrties passed directiy beneath
the tree where 1 was seated neula ote
~ THO dogs give such a sniff On. no"
,,oseIv Rugged the trunk or lhe t' ~.
Mir nv nose pointing stra!ght UP Wy
stem. and not once venturlns ~ w.
down! felt myself praying VIII a. a -.
heart not to be seen. : in.s a Ieo me-.
t,nued for several days round apous nv
nawnr descended, and had notn,ns "a
-. INIT once 1t rained in tho nisnt, unu
, ar.nk the water off the leaves IAh1ne
,,hoIa lunches into my mouth al u.a.'
~ This quite refreshed me. You Know,
nv Young friends. that some c1easu.ss s 90
able to live long time H'lt1'ou. a 49, that
ons morning an old Grow. with or'sh.
h,ack ave. came and peeped IN at me, ~.
directlv, he saw who It was, ne ne" a"a'
crying out: 'Lawk! LawX: 90 con.
'.Atlancth the search after me was con-
,,n,,nd In the other parts OF the county,
and one night I came down TO stre.cn ny
legs, and sniff about BIT, ana see "Aee
the world was mace ot-ane.n' 80 ~. "a
II had not walked far before came ~
: vnot where the hunters had paused 70
rcst and refresh themselves. ana pore
tonnd two things which had been oroppea:S
~ some accident-namely, a purse WIN
some money in It, and very !argc po!A
met The purse ] placed IN q tn,ckee wv
der a stone. but had an lmHea1ate , 1',eu
"a ent that night. was so very hungry.
rho remainder I carried with me up the
tree, and mado It last Ave days .
."rhourh never relaxed IN my VIZ.
,orcn ar forgot my caution. the fear mao
III flrst had OF being discovered or re-
canturcd was very much diminished, eo
that my! mind was free TO pursue ~ !, uwt'
~ ,yovo L
nv studies In speaking German, ana with:
great assiduity repeated all the sentences
+ knew. and every word ] could recolect,
and 40 often, In order to ruaatAr the pro-
nunciatlop, that sometimes when ceaaea,
had pain In my lower Jaw tnat tasteo
for m hour. However. contlnua!ly ~.
severed and thought no pains 100 great
s's,,in,, night enable mo some day to as
sociote-for such was the high ambition
thnt had dawned upon ue-wIth the race
=; ;nonkind. It was an ambition Whlch
oftan made me tremhle. because ! natu'
rally. regarded the man species as pos,
1esslng miraculous sense eno unpasAt,s sa's.
wisdom. hut was bent upon ma 1910
the attempt very shortly. had now prao-
t,ned ,speaklng a human Language nearly
twe,vat years, I spoke very oadly: :
,.,sw. still had sometimes found what
: said ~ the dark when was IN the mo.
naperie had been Ineligible, ana wa
Yfulilof hope. How, ana III HAAat uta'1Hss'
to make my first appearance among man.
lsind. was at present quite puzzle %
mo. One preparation as to persona! ap,
n n Was also imperative gr'eyea
at i'll resented tho prejudice which rem.
dsred it necessary--yet ! knew ! muss
submit. Excuse my agitation, dear Mr;
Doctor and Mrs. Doctress Littlepump-t
hardly know how to proceed with TINS par!
Of my tale-narratlyo, should nave SAID.
The Bear paused. evidently overcome
nv his feelings. DR.. Littlepump rose. ana
said: "Let me entreat OF you TO compose
yourself. sir, Would you llke SASS o.
water?"
"Or Of wIne?" said Mrs, Littlepump,
"Or a cup OF coffee, sr?" said Gretch-
"or mug Of becr?' said Wallis.
"Nothing, thank you al, said the
Bear, ~ am better now, and VIII con-
Snue." .fy st.
they were ali surprised. to hear hin. ass
sumo a rather pompous tone:
,In the early morning Of the world, and
the infancy OF nature and animal life,'
nroceeded tho Bear, raising his head and