Middlesbrough & Stockton Gazette and General Advertiser. — 1870-05-06 (Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England)

ISTO.  'Wee!, sin:ye nay es weal ia doemand'. tak' a nap if ye can, )/./ Robert hem is as sottutt as, a tonit, Int for my pert L Canna dot% ava:i and as tkprf/11 use for twa, tea sratchr,Ters,,' •,, • ' 1,11 Say no more, lam quite ire* for a "Ism .IPar motion is that there is little need for watching at all.' Bless ye, sir, we (firma ken shoot that,' said Watty, as he rose up. 'lf the diggers Mans came into Cur pairts yet, some o' the deevils o' Red Indians may be prowlin' shoot, and they tell me they has the seent o' fox hounds, and they whup the skin ad a man's scalp afore he can coont threb. Noo, I wadna juist like tae gang lame tae Strathmae bauld in the pow, or wearin a wig. Ny certie, Maggie micht lose notion o' me then.' 'That would be a &tactful result, sure enough,' observed William, and forthwith he disposed himself to rest and to sleep. For a long time Watty sat against the tree wide awake, seeing nothing, and hearing only the distant cries of night birds and other animals that haunted the interminable wilds. These were, however, far off, and the harshness of the sounds were mellowed ere they reached his ear. Otherwise the silence and loneliness was extreme, and Watty felt it, as he whispered to himself„ Awfu' eerie,' Gradually, too and insensibly, a drowsiness paine upon him, and the images whieh his musings called up in his mind raxt confusedly into each other, till even Maggie's plump, blooming, countenance merged in the bronzed face of an Indian squaw. At this point he would have undoubtedly gone off to sleep, but a rustle in the immediate vicinity startled him in a moment into the most acute attention. Turning his head, he saw, only a few paces off, two firey eyes shining through the darkness. 'Preserve us al What's that?' beinwardly ejaculated and at staring at the glaring lights in motionless consternation. As he looked, he became conscious that the eyes were slowly moving nearer him, though he could hear no sound. Straining his Yisi.ollto its utmost power, he at length discerned a large body gliding stealthily forward along the ground. This made him start, in alarm, and the moment he did so there was a low. deep, angry growl. Heaven keep us, it's a bear !' muttered Watty. I ha'e heard the folk hereawa' speak o' grizzlies and that's ane, as sure as my name is Watty Steward. What in a' the world am I hie dee ! I would waken the sleepers, but gif I move he'll spring. I can 'see he has crouched doon a' ready and I ha'e naething but my knife. On the other hand, he may mak, his spring on Meister Robert or Meister Denman, and that wad be fatu waur.' All this Wady muttered to himself in the order we have set down, while he felt a. cold sweat breaking over his body and his hair rising like " soo's brises," and lifting with it the cap he wore. Still he kept his eye firmly fixed on the two red gleaming orbs Of the bear. Watty was by nature courageous, and though the unexpected presence of a "grizzly," of whose savage nature he had heard so much, had thrown him into a state of almost paralysing consternation, he had no cowardly thoughts of securing his own safety by making off, and leaving Bruin to make an attack on his helpless and unconscious companions. His one feeling in the midst of his fear was how to fight the fellow and defeat him. It was this determination, and also a certain instinct which caused him to keep:a firm ~front and an unwavering eye towards the foe. By doing this he kept the bear at bay, and the moment he glanced aside, even for an instant, to the two sleeping forma under the tree, the animal made a motion as it to leap—a purpose from which Watty's eye deterred him the moment he refixed his gaze. Minutes passed, which to Watty seemed an age and the feeling of tension was becoming insupportable— so much so that he felt as if he must give a great roar I or lose his senses. His position was horrible, and- how long it might. have continued is uncertain, but the crisis was precipitated by Robert, who began to stir in his sleep. This instantly drew the attention of the bear, who raised his head with an angry growl, and looke 1 as if he meant to spring upon the sleeper. Watty could not possibly maintain his cautious attitude in view of a peril so imminent, and with a start he put his hand to his side to grasp the handle of his knife. Quick as lightening the bear Made his spring, and ere Watty could pbssess himself of his instrument a crushing force came against him with a power which carried him away backwards towards the brow of the slope. Watty now gave a tremendeue roar, and mechanically threw his arms round the hairy monster, just as both, locked in a deadly embrace, began to roll over and over each other down the  Father Lavelle ji preparing to edit the letters and I ispeeches etf U 41.1140,10 I.H•sp(rtm,P.6,i 1 f The Atherwant state thakMx tf•dwart ,vioeyihu ceased to ocegpy the post of editor of the nap News, to whinh besucceeded on the retirement of Mr Walker about three months since. By a boiler explosion in a Baltimore saga refinery, on the fiih inst., seven persons where killed and several others injtund. The building was demolished, and the killed and injured were buried in the rains.  , MR, Dial** dedicaibt )M WM-an bb Dula+ 11111 Awnsle. A _ _ _  dalmitinall'aibrtanailitWitistitations, outi proved* held by the same. • 0". 71pa *Mon WMfIPPOSIO4I4y Ur MATTHEW and Mt Mr NEWDEGATE said he should nnt oppose the motion. The discussion was continue(' by Sir H. Roam' ;  Dm Rua, started' bY:Mrf,Pltt 1/92, at lonrpence, and still sold at that prioe, wlll, aftbr the 10th May appear morning and evening at one penny. , Swann or AN Lusa CLanormAx.—On. Saturday morning, the Rev. George Hunt, rector of Tamladi, county Derry, committed suicide by banging himself.  and Mr EYRYN suggested that all Anglican and other religious institutions in Great Britain should be inspected. Mr C. REED seconded the motion. '• If Mr GrAosroNE explained that the motion could hardly be regarded RR his, but rather as ene intended originally to have amended the motion of the boo. member for North Wsrwickshire, and now necessitated by the turn the discussion • had previously taken. After some observations from Mr S. BOOTH, tha motion was carried by 848 against 67.