V
A Rnrby Say to Joan."
''Well, now, the tun't power o' beitl
Tht tap's a-runnlng stronR
I stopped In with the boys bit
There, at I come ulomr;
The cowslip twsinp n budded thl:k
With now ami then one blown
I fetched a couple In my but"
At Darby says to Joan.
"We'll have the rattle out to grass
Come Pass-day, t il be bouml:
Hour how the crceters stamp and low
Soon nit they mile II the grown If
It's time to rake the irsrdln oil
And sot a l)onH re koIu' ;
Tlan out the lied to milt ye, wife"
At Darby says to Join,
"It seems wnth while, a diy like this,
JeV to ha' wintered thru ;
I Teel the aim rlenr to my soul,
Old ns I be, I lo.
Slebby it would look awkward-like
To Ret to Hrsven alone t
I'd full as lives slay on a spell"
As Darby ssys to Join.
"Yon ain't forgot the old side porch.
Hack wbar theiriipi'vliic hunt?
They think Folks didn't court and klM
When rue anil you was young!
Jes' such another likely d ay
The parson made us one"
As, hitching up his chair a bit,
Darby nays to Joan.
Dora Head (looilule, In Independent,
A FAULT REDEEMED.
IIV WILLIAM THOMSON.
Ill Livingston comity, Michigan,
thnre it a small, I in,. locked lake, mt
noicd on cxi ant maps, but locally
known hs Whuloti luko.
Ono Sunday morning, flvo summers
n8i AVillio Johnson, tlio ll-ycur-ohi
too of a f armor's widow living near
the luko, auid to his mother after his
'itlle chores wcro done:
"Moilier, Johnuio Porter and Alf
Hughes (neighboring boys about hit
own ago) are going in swimming to
day. May I go along?
Well, my ton," replied Mm. John,
on, "You know that I don't much
like Sunday sports, but I suppose you
boys do iieml it good wash after your
week's work in tlio hut-vest fluid, and
if you'll promise to merol take a bath
close to shore and thou coino straight
homo you nmy go, I!ut don't forgot
yourselves.
"Oli, no; we'll be very careful,
mother, and not got Into danger. Be
tides, we're nil good swimmers," re
joined Willio. and with a goodby I; Us
lie cninpored gleefully away, while
hi mother.alrcady half regretting her
decision, looked after him with a sigh.
On reaching tlio lake he found his
comrade waiting for him and In pos
session of a small boat, to which they
were fitting ours, whllo a simillar
craft lay a ongside.
"Why, hoys," inquired William,
"whore did you got the boat? My
inoilicr did'nt gave mo loavo to go
ailing, and I proinisod that wo'd Just
tike a good bath, and not run into any
dangor."
' "Oil, it's all right, Will." explained
John Porlor, "tlio kitt belong to
some fishermen on tlio other sido of
tlio lake. Tliey'vo gone to (ho villago,
I s'poio, and we're going o borrow
this one for a littlo while and have
some fun."
"Yes," broke in Alf rod Hughes,
"we'll havo a good lime. Jump right
in, Will, and wo'il row out to the
middle of the lake and lako something
like a swim."
Willie Johnson rather demurred ut
(his extension of the prograinmo, but,
boyliko, allowed himself to bo over
ruled, and tho throe thoughtless
youugfitors woro quickly afloat. The
water, though doop to tho very shore,
was smooth as a mirror, and so won
dromly clour that tho pebbly bottom
could bo everywhere plainly seen,
j The boys, shouting aud laughing
with delight, pulled out to u spot
; about three, limidrod yards equl-dUliut
from either bank, and thuii Alf
Hughes proposed that they should
auchor the bout, undress and swim
ashore, when, if too tired for a return
trip, they would take tho othor skltT
and so recover the lirst aud their
clothes.
This plan was enthusiastically ap
proved of, and, dropping the littlo
anchor, tlio boys threw ofi their scanty
garmeuts and pluoged fearlessly over
board.
"Lot's see who'll touch the laud
first?" cried Johnnie Porter as tho
three glUtouwg forms rose to the sur
face again.
"All right," yolled the others, and
each one struck out it his best speed.
Now Whuleu Lake is led principally
by living springs aud, even lu tho
boat of summer, its waters are de
cidedly cold. All the youngsters
thought thomtelvot good swimmers,
but they had never tried a course half
so long as tills, and before they bad
goneoue hundred yards their own
forced exertions und the low temper,
nturo of the water began to tell upou
Uiein.
' Howover, liioy pushed gamely oa
for fifty yards further, by which time
young Porter was some distance In ad
vanco, llughos next and Willio John
sou a had third.
(suddenly the latter called outt
"Help me, Alfl I'm tired out."
"Mo am I," dolefully cried Johnnie
Porter from his leading position. "I
don't bolicvo I can reach shore."
"Yon go right on, Johnuio, nnd try
to gut the bout. I'll help Willie," gal
lantly said Hughes, mi I the bravo lit
tlo fellow turned back to his ilislrcssod
comrada's s'.do.
"You're safe enough, Willie," hs
cheerily sputtered. "Put ono hand on
my shoulder, and keep straight as a
log and I'll tow you In."
For some ilistunco further tho over
weighted swimmer struggled man
ful ly on, encouraging his helpless
bunion as best ho could. Then, when
no moro than fifty yards from shore,
Willie faintly gasped: "It' no use
Alf I'm numb all over! I'll
drown yon :oj if 1 hold
on. Toll mother I was sorry.
Oood-by." And removing bis fold
hand the young hero sank like a stone.
Alfred Hughes know only too well
that ho could not havo sustained him
self, nnd his companion us woll, for
twenty seconds longer; but tho know!
edgothat Willie hail voluntarily re
linquished his only hupo of life In or
der that ho might bo saved scut it thrill
through his chilled frame ami ho man
ttged to call out brokenly:
"Johnnie! the boat! quick! quick!
Willie is gono!"
But Jolmnlo hnd Jnt dragged him
self by a supremo ellort ashore, and
could not have stirred, at the moment,
to save a world.
"Oh! Willie, Willie!' cried Alf, as
if his friend could hour htm, "1 can't
dive for you. I must die, too. There's
no hopo!"
Is there, indeed, none? Ah, yes,
by Heaven's mercy, one.slight thought
it may be as u gossamer thread ; for
nt this InsUint thnro came, running
swiftly down tho slope to tlio water's
edge, tho two men who owned the
boats und who, from the window of
an overlooking homo, hud tceu the
exhausted boy go down.
Never pausing iu their eager race,
not even stopping to ask a quuuiou,
they sprang into the ready skill' and
shot llko un arrow from tho shore.
"Don't stopl Dju't stop for mo I"
faltered Alf Hughes, us they swept
alongtide,"A fuw yards further out
straight In a lino wiih tlio other boat!
Oh, hurry ! good men, hurry !'
One man is rowing, tho other
watching, and now, ton yards beyond
tho self-forgetful Hughes, ho sees,
whilo peering anxiously over tho side,
a white body lying luoiionloxs on the
hoi tout twelve foot bolow tho Hirfute.
Hack water! steady her, Ooorgo!"
ho cries to his male, nnd down liko n
plummet ho darts to tho roicitc. In
two seconds ho is up again, his hand
twinod iu tho boy's long hair. Another
socoud and boih nro In tho boat.
Willio has htoii submorgud possibly
two minutes. li may yet bo saved!
No brou! h is wastod in words, no
fraction of time in dallying. Tho
hardy flsliorman, who still holds tho
oari, with ono long, sweeping stroke,
I urns the bow shoreward; his com.
patilou picks up tho exhausted Alf as
tho boat flios along, and tho fifty In
tervening varus uro passed over in a
flash.
Then tho dry man lifts tho drowned
youth out to the hot sand, takes off his
own upper garments and wraps him
up, whilo his friend goos for tho
anchored skifl. Quickly returning,
the two boar tho still form tondorly to
tho house whouco they thomselvcs
havo lately come, leaving tho now re
viving John and Alfred to restuno
tholr clothing and follow whou strong
enough.
Whilo one of tho rescuers assists the
good people of the house in their efforts
ut resuscitation, the other hurries ell
to tho villago for a doctor, nnd soon
everything which skill can suggest is
being done for tho unconscious suf
ferer. Meantime n awlft-footod raessonger
has boen sent to Mrs. Johnson's nnd
the dlstraclod mother arrives to find
her only son appuroully beyond all
human help. Not a sob, nor murmur.
uor complaint docs site utter, nothing
to disturb the work In linud; but with
tearless eyes and palo cheeks louds
hersolf to the doctors, and with an
enforced calmness sadly boiled by her
btirstlog heart.
Minutes pasted away, n quarter, a
half hour has gone, and yet there Is no
sigu of returning life. John and Alf
arrlve,and without unwonted solemni
ty seat themselves In an outer room,
awaiting In awe-stricken silence the
dread verdict which to both soems Iu-
evltable.
Hut the skiled physician, a man of
largo experience In such eases, works
steadily ou. never daspalrlug, yet dar
ing to whl-per to tho elf-repressing
mother only vngticst words of hope.
The tabor Is hard and tho perspiration
pours down the good man's lace as It
tries by alternately pressing nnd re
leasing his pai lent' chest nud raising
nnd depressing hit emit to restore the
action of the lungs. Nearly an hout
has glided by, nnd still tho beautiful
clay lies thero Inanimalo as a marble
Image. A porlnnlous hush, profound
as that of death Itself, prevudos the
room; tho tensely drawn nerves of the
voiceless praying woman tho wid
owed, perhaps childless, inothoi be
gan to giro way. All seems In vulu.
Her darling, wilhil, loving boy Is cer
tainly dead and she sho Is henceforth
a'ono. Is this, then, the end of four
teen years tender care? Blessed be
His name, no; for, sea! there Is a new
I jok In the doctor's watching eyes.
He bends still lower, lay his car close
to tho boys heart, places his long,
while Angers on the pulso, and subs
oil, to icveroutly ! ;ho simple, life
giving words:
"lie is saved!"
Then, as tho long ponl-up waters oi
nn ice-bound fountain are released by
the spriugtlmo sun, tho blossod tear
gush from tho happy mother's eyes,
nnd with nn Inarticulate cry of thanks
giving alio sinks to the floor, weak
mid helpless as a now-born babe.
When sho has regained some measure
of strength, her boy has passed through
the paroxysm of puin Incident to re
turning circulation of tho blood and,
as sho presses her lips lovingly to his,
he whispers those two touching words,
to which no true woman has ever yet
since the creation of tho world turned
a deaf car: "Mother, forgive!" an. I
the hovering angel of poac;, wo may
wall believe, soar hcavonward with
the glad tidings that it repentant nnd
redeemed soul Is lent for a whilo
longer to earth. New York Adver
tiser.
Friendship of n ('unary und n itnt.
Mrs. Pert Atherion of the Fulton
House has a canary bird and a white
rat which nil or d great amusement fot
herself and other guests of the house.
Tlio bird possesses considerable talent
ns a songster, and oftentimes whou
Mrs. Aihorton has company Dick's
cage bus to ho darkened lis order that
tho conversation may proceed. Dick's
greatest joy, however, Is to ride upon
tho buck of the while rat, anil when
they tiro turned loose in the room I o
immediately takes his position upon
I'Viny's back and .insists upon being
can led iiboul the room. Should the
rat stop to eat a peanut thrown to him
by his mistress, Dick will flap his
wings, scold, nnd peck tho buck of
Ferny until site innkos another circuit
of tho room.
Miss Hit doos not always take
kindly to this maimer of treatment,
unit on ono occiision brcanio so nngry
Hint alio bit oil' ono of the little yellow
fellow's tout. Dick, in consequence
of tho loss of this ill'-important mem
ber, was conllued to his cage for a
number of days, nud, liko u human
Invalid, was fed upoi tho daintiest
dishes tiio market could nilord. His
four-legged companion seemed to
miss him vory greatly in her morning
romps, nnd whou the warbler wus
again tiblo to bo about, ehowod cvory
evidonce of a doxiro to renew friend
ship with tho bird that sho had so
wilfully wrongod. Dick grunted her
his purdou, and ycsicrday iifioruoou
they guvo one of their old-tiiiio entoi
tainmonts to a number of admirers.
Sail Francisco Examiner.
lliitlgpi'lng a Witness.
Tho old style of badgering a wit
ness has almost disappeared from
many com ts; but in tt Western Kan
sas town it is still kopt up, sometimes.
however, to tho dam ige of the cross
examiner. Lawyer S. is wolt known
for hit uncomely habits. II cuts his
hulr uboiit four times a year and tho
rest of the 1 1 mo looks docldudly rag
ged about tho ears. He wus making
a witness describe a bum tliut figured
in bis last case:
How long had this barn been
built ?"
"Oh, I don't know. About a year,
mebby about iiluo month, p'r'aps.
But just how long ? Toll the Jury
how long it has boon built."
"Well, I dou't knowu, exactly
quite a whllo."
"Now, Mr. B., you pass for an in
tolligout fanner and yet you can't tell
how old this barn is, nnd you have
lived on the next farm for ten ye irs.
Can you toll how old your own house
is? Come now toll us how old. your
own house is, if you think you
know."
Quick as lightning tho ok.
farmer replied: "Ye want to
know how old my houto is, do yo P
Well, It's about as old as ye be aud
needs shlngliu' about as bid!"
Iu the roar that followod the wit
ness slopped down was uot cullod
, back rt'Ulcsfo Pott.
FOR FARM A5D GARDE.
WtlF. TlltR ton FAItM WAHOXS.
The common or narrow tire, now In
me, Is from one and three-fourths to
two inche in width, while, If tho
width had been not less than three
Inches, the extra cost would not lisve
been live dollars moro per sot of four
wheels. Three-Inch tires can bo used
upon land that Is moist, while tlio
samo load, with a two-luch lire, would
allow the wheels to havo sunken more
than a third deeper, havo drawn cor
respondingly harder, cut up the land,
and strained the wagon fur more than
Willi the wide tires. There is no
question but that if manufacturers will
put on tho market a wcll-mado farm
wagon with three or four-Inch tires,
they will find a ready market, or If
they will, at a roasouablo price, fur
ulsli un extra tct of wheels, tho
wheels bolug smaller lit diameter, nnd
with three und ouo-haif Inch tiro,
many farmers would purchase thoui.
American Agriculturist
BIIAI.I.OW Cf t.TIVATIOS tOtt I'OIIS.
In conversation wltii a neighboring
farmer reeeiity, and one that "banks"
from $2000 to f;)000 annually, ns the
net proceeds of a lGO-i.cre farm, writes
A. U. t'ha o of Kansas, he said!
"Year by year I am still more coir
vluccd that shallow cultivation is the
best for a corn crop, nud unless we
luivo some wuy to llrm the ground
well, shallow breaking as well." 1
think this Is true witli some slight
mudillcations. A heavy loam should
be broken deeper than a sandy soil.
F'very other year or every third year
the light soil. If corn follows corn,
should be turned up to tlio depth of
ten to twelve inches, but Immediately
nfter planting, tho roller, or tome
weighted contrivance that will pack
the ground, should bo used.
A heavy loam that is tilo drained
will give boiler remits, broken livo to
tlx inches, than it will at ten to twelve
Inches, and tavo tho work of one to
two horses, ami I am talistled this is
true, loo, for a wheat crop. But It
must be borne lu mind, that In till
prairie countries the wind is almost
an everyday occurrence during the
spring aud summer mouths, and if we
have ten days without rain where tho
ground has not been well tinned or
parked, It will tako tho inoistitto out
of tho soil to n depth of two inche-.
This point, too, has lis hoaring upon
tho af u'i- jnlti vatlou of tho crop. A
judicious rotation, 'In which clover
plays an Important part, will clear the
ground from weeds, and thus render
t the closo plowing of tho crop nood-
loss, and if "listing" Is practiced savo
much labor. American Agricul
turist.
ItKAItlNO JKIISKY HFII KltJ.
As tho Jersey are special milking
animals, tlio hcifors and tlio hull calves
as woll do not reqttlro such feeding as
will make them fat, but such us will
devolop in i ho best way tho vital
organs and the bony frame. The di
gotttvo organ nro tho special toaturo
of milking cows because only Ilia food
that Is dlgestod I turned to good use,
and tho more active tho digestion Is,
tlio more food is prolltably ilisposod
of. Thus tlio whole milk of tho cow,
especially the rich milk of the Jersey,
1 not desirublo for tho heifer Intended
for a dairy, ns It will tend to fat
rathor than to llusli and the tisstto of
tho vital organs, which contain a large
proportion of nitrogen und little fat
Tho sklmmod milk contulns this nitro
gen and tlio boiie-makiiig matorlul,and
thus builds up the strong, healthful
frame that Is required for a milking
cow.
Tho milk, however, should be given
warm us it It naturally und in tiifiiuieiit
quantities to be fully digottod. This
is important, at a healthful animal Is
indispensablo for prollt In any dairy
The milk required is six quarts a day
at the beginning, In three feuds, and
should be gradually Increased as the
calf grows. When n month old
littlo flue coriiinoal nud bran may bo
given by hand, und us it begins to out
tho meal may be put in n feed box in
the sail. Thus tho young thing
led along gradually until It is live or
six months old, wucu the milk 1 no
longer required aud may be dispensed
with. lt la best not to lot such a calf
tuck the cow, and it will novor bo any
trouble afterward and Its calves will
easily Icaru to drink, and In time the
progeny may lose tho instinct to suck,
lu a measure Now York Times.
III lint OX TUB FARM.
Birds regulate the oqiiilibrlun of
Insects. Most till Insects do a largo
amount of good to plant production by
mixing pollen in the flowers, making
honey and causing thlunois where
plants would othorwlse overhear crops
of small and worthiest fruits and
teeds. Tho Croutor regulated InsncU
bird and grain products on 'earth that
ono should balunco the other one.
Men may dostroy tho bird because
they are large, but, with all their
poison and Insect catching machinery,
they will never dostroy the littlo pestl
ferutts Intects; therefore lot tho birdi
live.
A farmer In this place had forty-Are
acres sowod In wheat and It was
cutting up, and the grasshoppers were
hatching and eating it and that of the
uelghbors nbout nt fait ns it camo up.
All at once camo along from the North
a very large drove of blackbird that
oliglitod over the fields, and that
farmer felt happy.
All othor farmers about him hot
and scared the birds away front their
farms, and ns thero was a prnlrlu pond
(swntl) ou tho man's farm, In the
bushes surrounding which the birds
would II y un I alight as a place foi
protection, tho farmer would let them
stay on his farm, and tho result were
plainly seen next hnrvest. Tlio re
sults were that this farmer got a very
full crop of wheat and his neighbor
got from a half crop to nothing. This
farmer estimated that tho drove of
black-birds saved $200 to him on his
wheat crop.
Another year a farmer had forty
seven acres In corn, nud a largo drove
of I'jiglish sparrows was scon flying
over and ullghtlng on tho corn about
silking time. I went und diligently
examined tho situation nud found the
Parly silkod curs full of a black bug,
Kling olT tho silk, and many ou the
ground un I crawling tip on tho stalks.
Thcso birds lived about tho fluid until
all tiio bugs were oaten and thou flow
away, and thero was an extra crop cf
corn. This tamo fluid was sown in
wheat nnd tho grasshoppers ulo one
half. It wus then sown iu clover nud
it was cut early that It mlcht seod
well; but tho grasshoppers hatched
out by millions, ate off tho loaves nnd
there was no seod produced, where, if
there had boen no grnsslioppers, or if
there hud been birds to havo eaten the
hoppers," thero would have been Hi
least $100 worth of clovorseed raised.
Here aro thrco instances that I have
personally obterved and know to be
facts, says Henry Kurd In the Cin
cinnati Gazutte, and they nro con
clusive evidence that birds do millions
of dollars' worth of good to tho Ameri
can horliculiiirists and ugricullurists.
FAtiM AM) OAltliKN KOTI'.S.
F.arly planting Is mces.ury for
good crop of onions.
(irowiug fruits nood potash am'
phosphoric fertilizers.
Plant both curly and lata varieties
of poialoes to bo sure of it crop.
Tho loasi molested the weeds are
tho gronler will be tho crop next
year.
It is next to impossible to have an
over production of tlrst-clus fruit in
thU country.
If you dosire to know how good
farmor a man Is, it is necessary to ex
amine tho crops that he grows, rather
than to know tho uumbur of uurot ho
cultivates.
Tho best markot for the products of
the farm, orchard or gardon is the
family table, and the most protltablo
products nro usually those that can be
used at homo.
tirus reeds a solid, firm soil to
grow freely and live long. Y'ot it Is
hard work to got tho ordinary former
to nso tho roller after or botoro tow
lug grass seod.
Tho Ohio raspberry is valuable for
evaporating. On account of thull
hardinoss. Turner nud Thwack rasp,
berries nro roportod titlte.l to cultivi..
lion in sections unfavorable to fruit.
The inexperienced often make tin
mistake of thinking that boos are evei
ou the aiert to sung, someiiiing oi
somebody. They havo no time to go
Idly around stinging, with no cause.
Whou a bee stings, it usually has
good, logical reason for so dolii.
A hop vine makes a lino a covering
for a trellis ovor the hack door or th
outbuildings as some of th plant thai
are used for that purpose, which art
simply ornamental instead of useful,
and there are msny purposes to which
good, bright hops can be put iu tht
family economy.'
A farmer say it "Last March 1
sowed a rich, suuuy spot with early
turnip and long scarlet radish seed,
covering the tjil ut night with a
sprlnklo of straw, and raking U of)
warm days, until tlio plant wero well
up. The result was a crop away
ahead of the regular sowing."
For peas tho best fortlllzor lias a
large per cent, of phosphoric ucld and
po'asli, but not muuh nitrogen. Early
kinds of peas aro not expensive, and
they may be planted a toon a th
ground is thawed. Plant thorn on u
ridge and cover deeply. In a fey
days tho top earth should be raked ou.
(.IIILDllEVS COLtH.-f
Tilt KIKO'8 POOD.
The fool kept by ths Ring
Was iiite a stupid bora.
AttlioiiKh, at every thins;,
Ills Msje-ty would roar,
'There's nothing In his chalT,"
Silil be, "to cme ms mirth,
Dut st II I h ito to Isnuli
To get my money's worth."
ISt. Nichols
A WAt.nrs HI NT IN AHX'TIC SEAS.
The wall us was tuiidu fast to the
itero, and then wo rowed for the ship,
delighied wiih our success. Our ex
iilliilloii wu brief, for, ns wo woro
lowing this luiinonso burdoti, weigh
Ini;, as wo found afterward, nearly
1400 pounds, one of the party shouted
excitedly, "Liuk ahead, boys! We
no In for ill''
Advancing upon us lu ticr.n batllo
array wiih regular, unbroken column,
camo it hold of between thirty und
forty walrus. It was a grand sight.
On they came with swift nud vigorous
strokes, their groat, dark-brown forms
In strong conliait wiih tho lec-coverod
I sea, iho r huge, hird-visaged lioads
erect, their long, sharp ivory, tusks
glistening ferociously lu the sunlight.
Tholr bloodshot eyes wcro flxod upon
us with vengeful lir.out.
We, however, were ns cagor nslhcy
for l lie fray. Aglow with excitement
und exhilaration, wo ct thoir .fierco
onslaught wiih a volley from our rifles
that even those dolormiuod beast-s
could not withs'.and. But they with
drew only fira moment; thou, bol
lowing loudly with rage, lliey made a
second desperate eil'ort to reach our
boat. One lingo monster who led the
ranks dived, nud it appeared as if he
would coiiio just below tho stern. Up
ho came alongside, and reared his un
gainly head iu order to hook his tusk
ovor the gnu walo of the boat. That
wo had to prevent; for had he suc
ceeded iu getting them ovor the side,
his Immense weight, evou uuuldod by
any effort on his part, would have
cups;.'!il our bout as if it wero but a
racing-shell. Our urlist fired into Iho
tough hide only a few feet awuy. I
grasped I ho iioarott weapon, an ice
ux, hut tho blow from it mado no
moro improssion than if it had be-on a
light wand, except that it enraged him
still more.
Again 1 10 raised his tusks, nnd re.
nowed his attempt; but thou our
bravo commander planted a good-sizs I
rifle-ball lu tlio napo of tho nock a
vital point. Wo had hud a narrow
esuapo; for, onco ttpsut, cvon had we
avoided I tie jaws of tlioso angry brutes,
swimming in that icy water to one of
tlio distant Iceberg would have boen
extremely perilous. In tiio meantime
tho herd of walrus, bewildored and
frightened, many having been killed
or wounded, turned und retreated in
busty disorder.
Thon, towing our fwo walrus, a
weight of over three thousand pounds
wo towod for our ship, the "Kite."
It was very slow and arduous work.
But wo felt tocure, thinking wo were
done with our liiipotiiou arctic one
mios. Thoy were of a difloiout mind;
certainly thoy were not dono with us.
For ns we pulled with aching arms
und weary backs, a loud shout, from
ono of tho moil warno l us that our
fancied sooiirily was to bo disturbed.
Itight ahead appeared n puck of some
CO walrus; and scarce hud wo time to
collect ourselves mid prepare for bat
tic, when auoihor group wat soon olT
tho suit-board l w t.luiii still another
oil tho port bow! Wo wore complete
ly surrouuilod, nnd iu tho distune
many more dark bodies were mado
out, ovlilonily swimming towurd us.
Tlio son was alive wl:li thorn. Tho
wounded hud retreated only to sum.
men uhl to collect thoir scattered
forces. More ouraged than ever, thuy
hud returned to wreak dire vengeance
on tho presumptuous forolgu Intrud
ers. This time it see mod as If our
hunt was to havo a disastrout oudiug.
Undaitn'ed by our tire, ou they
came, soiuo to within fifteen or twenty
feet. Wu tried to make every shot
tell Some grasped the oars to row for
tho ship, und one brandished the heavy
ship's ax, to prevont them from thrott
lng tholr, tusks ovor the sido of the
boat. Now tho tight had reached tho
height of axeitnmunt. Herds of mad
dened walrus were ou ull sides, und
the sharp, rapid reports of the rifle
were followed by tho peculiar, dis
cordant howling and bellowing of the
infuriated beasts. We still clung to
onr unwieldy spoils, which made it
impossible to attain any headway. At
first we hurriedly debuted w bother wo
should not try to reach a low ioehurg;
but now tliatou- patago was blocked
on (ill ido, tho only choice lufi ut
was to fight It out thou and thero.
At last, ben'ou nud distuuyod, our
pursuers yluhliid, tin ned uud 'lot.-
(it- Nicholas. .
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