The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-02

IGidE ptdi W. w Ciis Wei" -
strange how 1 forget them things, lif
bein' so busy, an me tryin' hard t
live as much as I can without LOSING
all the sleep necessary to a human
which is as near as / can hgger II
fourteen hours straight, with casuator,
maps meanwhile on the side
Benson reminiscent is strang
beast He had decoyed me over int
his parlor, as he called it-a room il
a cheap boarding heuse-on the pretex
of showing me some walrus teeth; bu
when we got there, he suddenly re
membered that he had left the teeth
with his maiden aunt, who lived II
Poughkeepsie. and who was "deefer'n {
post" He compromised, however, By
suggesting the story of the polar bear
and as I do not believe that he ever
possessed walrus teeth longer than II
requires to barter them swiftly away
at a profit, which was Bensons habit
why there was nothing to do but allow
him to proceed in the hope of gaining
something.
The way of it worked like charm. ~
said Benson, after inquiring if I pos
sessed the lend of cigar. I'VE were
journeyin' acrost the big pond after a
seasons work. There was a storm, a
real storm with thunder an lightning
effects, we know, an the bally ship
took it into it's head to scare. after
which the ship ran away from the
storm as fast as it could, an when the
capten figgered up where he was, he
didn't know. 1t was north som'eres,
though, for the bergs were in sight, as
4 remember, two Of 'em.
"Say! fioatin' berg is an object amt
it. Never see one? Well, you'd think
you was in the biggest ice-house you
ever seed if it wasn't for the absence
of the sirIoin smell. Ye have to go
cautious when sash-shayin' around
among bergs. 1t amt no Pussy-Wants-
a-Corner game. It's like gettin' UP in
the night for a drink. an forgettin'
where the rockin' chair is, only worse.
cause We never wake up after the pain,
an the wife don't laugh at We, bein'
dead. Anyway, there was a gorgeous
affair, a big two story and half berg.
with mansard roofs an overhangs, an
balconies, an inside courts, loafing in
our way, which made the capten mad
but n no hurry to proceed.
''Simms Foraker gets out his spyglass
to see the thing better with, and in a
few minutes he creeps in on me with
the bIase remark:
g There's a bear on that berg-a
white bear
MOI said I, trying to remain
speechless. He must be cold, poor
chap
'Whereupon Simms Foraker glares at
me quite vicious.
Z sometimes think he says to me
quite. scornful, that You forget the
business we're engaged in he says.
What business is that?' I asks,
cause I was just beginnin' to realize
on that ship that Andrew Carnagey
realized after he was too old to enjoy
the answer, which the same is a rest.
sEmms Foraker had worked me so hard
On that last trip. that honest, it hurt
me to move sudden.
Wen have that bear he proposes,
calm like, which is his way.
Il knew when he spoke that some
thin had to be done. An only that
I'd been in first class health right
along, I'd have got sick with cramps,
maybe. But Simms Foraker was de-
termined.
He inquiries of the capten II that
gentleman would smooth round them
animal ketchers to try
their fine Eyetalian hands on that bear. |
an the capten said if we could nab him
before sunset, he would. Otherwise, !
he would MT, so it was up to US to be
swift an fancy. Simms was feelin' /
good that morning. He estimated that |
the carpenter could build a big wooden
cage by noon, an that before the
ef1o o. Hr-n ~
would have Mr.. Bear out of his peril ,
Dus. not to say cool, position.
But there's lots o. things that can
be figgered up on paper, or in a chaps
mind, which are stubborn any other
way Ever notice that? I have. many
times. The difference between the pa
per proposition an the workin' out to !
K equals even, is quite like buyin' a |
piece o. cheese an tryin' to get away !,
with it, The one is economic theory, /
the other is digestive practice. A Ger
man hasn't any theory. He's all prac-
lice. Sides a German has mt any
Imagination to speak of, an does MT
care when he dies. But, as was say |
ing we sometimes feel the rose o I
lawn at midnight, while seven O'Clock
with the alarm ringing only reminds
well, we had the cage built all
right, cause the carpenter was onto his
Job. Strong it was, a likely cage.
5imms Foraker had an idear, 1 guess.
that after voyage on a berg. a bear
would appreciate nice cage like that
and jest fairly crawl into it. At one
o'clock, to be exact, we pushes off in
L boat, sailor-man named Jack Boil
,ters rowin', an the cage towing be-
hind. We PERSONNEL TO land on a sort
Of ledge, servin' as a beach for the
berg. The bear waited for US, an SOL
emnly retreated when he found that
We did MT scare.
I'VE landed. or iced. to be correct,
noors the boat, spends a hard labor
Gus hour gettin' the cage hauled up
On shore. or ice, to be correct again.
an then, after a brief rest, and a lunch.
which o0Iy proved to US how hard