The Irish standard., 1910-01-15

cried, In eXplanaLlOn. i've got TO
save Liz. Stay here and I'll beat back
at the first let-up' And his lank form
was lost in swirl Of feathers and we
were left alone.
I'VE built a 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,
and on the first day he taught them to
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
fish.
9TH stood transfixed for minute,
and then cut pigeon-wing Of I'M
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, 80 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 it into the bear language he COM
manded.
"And nearly all day l 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. lib
taught them to tote q 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
MES name meant for her to lead OF,
with the other six following in close
formation; and we styled it the
burglar-proof wedge. And Maude's
name meant a similar play at left end
But our chef-d'auvre was when Ru
dolph threw back his flat-topped head
and in bruinese invited his compan-
ions to fill in the vacuums created by
the moving Of his giant form. For pure
realism in bucking the line his stunt
at center had the other two combina-
tons plucked to a tawdry finish. We
regretted while rejoicing; for it 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 it would never do
to spring the joke on the same college
twice.
But, sir, for 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 50 blessed human, Billy
he sobbed, in apology for. his emotion.
And he. gave each champion q 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 intimation of
clearing weather, but instead of sight,
ing the sealer 1 beheld four big oomi-
acs, well filled with jovial murderers.
It required no second glance to see
that they were our late neighbors, and
in the bows Of each ferry stood spear