The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-06

ducked and made for the brush. They
had had that experience before and
knew what to do Etiquette forbade
discussion. 1t was theirs to hide in
the nearest thicket, and when CHINA
mon had finished his TepaSt to come
back for dessert. That would seem
well planned if Alas for the ifs"
They arise even In beaTdom. Another
Cinnamon slips up from the rear,
larger and fatteT than the first No
1 stops his paving, gives A sniff,
turns toward the intruder and then
smiles, or seems to, and says: Come
on, paTj we have met before" This con
dition is not hopeful for the watchers
behind the brush. The more bear to
eat, the more bare the eating But
there is plenty yet, and the Brownies
are doing their best while glasses ana
kodaks and eyes without number are
Ievelej upon thehm. After a time they
began to get uneasy, restless, nervous
-bashful, we tnougbt-sO many eyes
upon them, so many compliments
tossed about. One darted toward the
woods, then came back; then both
darted and both came back. They
looked and looked, and looked right at
us, and mad, too. What If they should
dart into the crowd, not over 80 yards
away? No fence: it could easily he
done But the real cause of their
peTturbance hove in sight over the
hill and is now bounding toward the
feast. What is finer than a mammoth
Silver Tip on a keen jump, grace and
strength and symmetry and life and
to the spectator an element of Uncer-
tainty most fascinating. He does not
loaf; he leaps, and the fellow in his
way does not loaf either He Is like
the soldier General Gordon used to
tell about who, when the firing began,
took to his heels The captain shout
ed, Look here, what are you running
for?" Running, running" said the
fellow, out of breath, running because
can't fly" The Cinnamon family
did not fly, but the tin cans flew. and
that glossy brown fur. straight on end
was lost in the woods.
And now Silver Tip has the field
But he is not wholly selfish. 1t Is
largely a case of me and my wife, my
son John, when he is too little or too
big to cuff, and there it ends. I think
the relatives by marriage had to take
a back seat. Several came and were
allowed TO sewage around the edge, |
the boundary lines being marked by
well-defineJ growIs- Presently the cur
tain rung in a new act. The smaller
Silver Tips shifted the air and moved |
al SdAG ulSIdilGt- the largest 0eiu me /
fort, when Mother Silver Tip with hsT /
little tTundling trot appeared And /.
both. without stretching il ct all were .
hungry as bears. She doesn't bring
that precious bit of cub life out during .
and when ii comes. woes to !
the one who stands in her way. They
tell us that motherhood is reverenced [
in wild animal life It may 5e, but : /
know why those gentlemen dOffed /
their hats to Madam She arose 1r :
the air and surveyed the suuatiOG
Never a finer sight Splendid in form :
and movement and suppressed emo
ton There was the crowd at the ban 1
quet and crowd of spectators around |
IL II called for generalship. and she \
responded Chew. CheY." she went /
Ike an overweight engine. and baby 4
took to the tree He understood IT,
and so did We. She said. sonny.
I've got job on hand You make
yourself scarce Again chew. chew.
ard sonny lodged up another notch
Then she TecOn9OiteTed On all foU-s
shifting and growing. and each grow
sent the ycungsteT limb higher /
High on her haCnches again. and high |
eT DC0bed the baby until when thf !
TOP was reached. the decisive mOmen-
came, and Madam charged on the sen
incl OF the garbage pile There We
DO need of second charge: h
lodged, ran, turned back made
-e1nt at fight and then through respect
Of motherhood. I suppose evacuated
The mother whined teuderiy TOWARD |
ne top OF the tree ard down tumble
he little fellow and was soon smack
ng his chops over the dainty repast
while On a knoll near by a couple |
iozen gulls were patiently waiting !
heir turn az the same feast
A lot OF old neUSnaners