The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-23

save LIZ. stay here and III beat back
at the first letup.' And his lank form
was lost In a swirl Of feathers and we
we're left alone.
I'VE built rousing fire, for despite
the month the ground was covered
with cotton batting and the raw
breezes owned the beach. We were
pleased to note the Innuits had disap-
peared from the map when the storm
broke loose. Olfen's letter was not
very reassuring, you know. After we
had fixed up the hut we paid another
visit to the bears. Tbs control over
them was something uncanny. They
seemed to dope out everything he said,
form pyramids and do several stereo-
typed tricks
What an elegant football squad
they'd make carelessly observed on
the third morning, as he dealt out the
fsh.
"Tib stood transhxed for a minute
and then cut a pigeon-wing of un-
adulterated ecstasy. An inspiration,
Billy!' he CRIED and straightway be.
gan planning for Polar Bear eleven.
He said he would borrow the four
brutes already with the show to make
up the squad, adorn them all with big
mitts and muzzles, so as to reassure
the timid spectators and then chal-
lenge college teams wherever the cir.
Gus went
"'Give me some pointers on that
deadly pleasantly and watch me trans
late IL into the bear language he com.
manded.
And nearly all day I fed him foot
ball lore and grounded him in the sci
ence of the game. Then as the storm
showed no symptoms of weakening
he got to work with his pupils, he and
playing with them. For nine ground.
gamers we certainly were clever. And
the bears~enjoyed It immensely. Tib
taught them to tote a deer.skin ball
and go through three simple maneuv.
ers, not at all unlike the real article.
Minnie and Maude were at right
and left ends respectively, and huge
Rudolph in the center. To call Min,
nie's name meant for her to lead of,
with the other six following In close
formation; and we styled II the
burglarproof wedge. And Maude's
name meant a similar play at left end.
But our chef-d'auvre was when Ru.
dolph threw back his fat-topped head
and in bruinese invited his compan-
ions to fill in the vacuums created by
he 80 to erta,
realism in bucking the line his stunt
at center had the other two combina-
| tions plucked to a tawdry finish. We
| regretted while rejoicing; for II re-
quired no prophet to see that only a
| freight train could cause him and the
nth power of energy in his wake to
hesitate even, and 1t would never do
to spring the joke on the same college
| twice.
But, sir, for a picturesque effect 1t
was purely supernal. It would have
placed your heart three palpitations to
the good just to study them as they
caught on to the varsity spirit and
crouched in line, eagerly awaiting the
signals. And after they got 80 they
| could perform each hurricane dash
| without flaw, Tim and ] fell on each
others necks and shed tears of dis
titled Joy.
"'They are 30 blessed human, Billy
he sobbed. in apology for his emotion.
And he gave each champion fish.
Then came dampener to our
spirits that caused us to forget the
| gridiron for the nonce. had gone to
the beach at the first intlmation OF
clearing weather, but instead Of sight,
ing the sealer beheld four big oomi,
acs. well filled with jovial murderers.
, 1t required no second glance to see
that they were our late neighbors, and
in the bows Of each ferry stood spear