Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-19

oio not know how 70 on00t, out ! pro
ceeded to learn. And when I had on.
pended some thirty shells for three
seals. l decided that the ammunition
would be exhausted before acquired
the necessary knowledge.
I'VE must club the SEALS" I an.
nounced. when convinced Of my poor
Workmanship. Il have heard the
sealers talk about clubbing them"
They are, SO pretty" she objected.
Il cannot bear to think of 1t being
done. It is so directly brutal. you
know; 80 different from shooting
them"
THAT roof must 60 on" answered
grimly. Winter is almost here. II
is our lives against theirs. It II un-
fortunate we haven't plenty Of am
munition. but I think. anyway. that
they suffer less from being dubbed
than from being all shot up. Besides.
l shall do the clubbing"
The upshot of the affair was that
she accompanied me next morning.
l rowed into the adjoining cove and
up to the edge of the beach. There
were seals all about us in the water.
and the believing thousands on the
beach compelled US to shout at each
other to make ourselves heard.
Il know men club them" said.
trying to reassure myself and gazing
doubtfully at q large bull. not thirty
feet away. upreared on his fore-fip-
pers and regarding me intently. But
the question is. How do they club
them?"
1t just comes 10 me-" she said.
that Captain Larsen was telling me
how the men raided the rookeries.
They drive the seals. In small herds.
short distance inland before they
kill them"
Il don't care to undertake the herd.
ing Of one Of those harems." OBJ
jected.
But there are the holluschickie,"
she said. The nolluschickie haul out
by themselves, and Doctor Jordan
says that paths are left between the
harems. and that as long a. the hol-
luschickie keep strictly to the path
they are unmolested by the masters
of the harem."
There's one now" J said. pointing
to q young bull in the water. Let's
watch him. and follow him II he hauls
out"
He swan directly to the beach and
clambered out into q small opening
between two harems. the masters Of
which made warning noises but did
not attack him. We watched him
travel slowly inward, threading about
among the harems along what must
have been the path.
A quarter of mile inland we came
upon the holluschickie-sleek young
bulls. living out the loneliness of their
and gathering strength
against the day when they would fight
their way into the ranks Of the bene-
diets.
Everything now went smoothly.
seemed to know Just what 70 do and
how to do 1t. Shouting. making
gestures with my club.
and even prodding the lazy ones. !
quickly cut out score of the young
bachelors from their companions.
Whenever one made an attempt to
break back toward the water, head
ed 1t OF. Maud took an active part
In the drive, and with her cries and
of the broken oar was Of
assistance. noticed.
though. that whenever one looked
tired and Jagged. she let 1t slip past.
But l noticed, also. whenever one
with q show Of fight. tried to break
past, that her eyes glinted and showed
bright, and she raped 1t smartly with
her club.
my, it's exciting!" she cried. paus-
ng from sheer weakness. Il think
III sit down"
I drove the little herd q dozen
strong, now, what of the escapes she
had permitted) q hundred yards far
her on; and by the time she joined
ne I had finished the slaughter and
vas beginning to skin. An hour later
We went proudly back along the path
the harems. And twice again
We came down the path burdened
With skins, till l thought we had
,nough to roof the hut. I set the sail,
aid one tack out of the cove, and on
he other tack made our own little in
Ter cove.
It's just like Homecoming" Maud
aid, as ran the boat ashore.
heard her words with q responsive
brill, II was all so dearly intimate
nd natural, and l said:
1T seems az though / have lived
his life always. The world Of books
nd bookish folk Is very vague, more
Ike q dream memory than an actual
ty. surely have hunted and forayed
nd fought all the days Of my life.
md you, too, seem q part Of II. You
re-" / was on the verge of saying.
my woman, my mate" but glibly
hanged it to-"standing the hardship
Tell."
But her ear had caught the flaw.
he recognized a fight that midmost
roke. She gave me q quick look.
Not that. You were saying-f"
THAT the American Mrs. Meynell
7as living the life of q savage and
wing 1t quite successfully" said
asily.
(TO BE CONTINUEDJ
The South has approximately 240-
acres of undeveloped land.