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N' the Fourth of July, 1899, In a brofd
level valley in the heart of Ellermore
Land,. I cme upon a herd of .five musk
oxen. When they saw us they ran to
gether and stood back to back. In star form.
" ,. with heads outward. This Is their usual
method of defense against walrus, their only ene
mies in this land.' After they were shot; I dis
covered two tiny calves, which till then had been
hidden under their mothers' hairy bodies.
. Such funny little coal-black creatures they were,
with- a gray patch on their foreheads, great,, soft
black eyes, enormously large, bony knock-kneed
legs, and no tails at all I
With the falling of the last musk-ox, my dogs
mado a rush for the little animals, which, though
wide-eyed and trembling with fear, snowed a bold
front to the savage unknown creatures which sur
rounded them. Fortunately, I was too quick for
the dogs, and rescued the little fellows.
Then I hardly knew what to do. I had not.
the heart to kill them myself, nor to tell my Es
kimos to. Finally, I thought I would 'try to get
them to the "ship, fifty miks away, though I did
not know Jiow I was to do this over the miles of
mountains and rough ice.
After the dogs were fastened, the little fellows
stood quietly by the bodies of their mothers tilt
all the animals were skinned and cut up; but when
we were ready to start or camp, and4ud put a
line about their neck to lead them away, they
struggled so violently at the touch of the rope that,
.. ktum-ing..jfa4;y,. jKOld-.jooi. strangle. thcPHclTes
death, I had the ropes taken off. Then we tried
to drive them, but could not. Then I remembered
my experiences years before at far-off Independence
Bay, and told Ahngmaloktok to throw one of the
musk-ox skins over his back and walk off.
With a baa-a-a the little fellows were at his
heels in an instant, and with noses burled in the
long hair trailing behind him, followed contentedly,
while the rest of us kept off the dogs.
In this way everything went nicely, and we
scrambled along over the rocks, waded across two
or three streams, and walked through an exquisitely
soft, green little patch of meadow, cut by a gurgling
crystal brook, until we reached the ice-boat, where
the sledge had been left.
After a short rest at the ice-foot, Ahngmaloktok
and I, with the ealves, started to cross the ice of the
bay to our camp oh the opposite side, leaving the
Eskimos to follow with the dogs, sledge and meat
Between the shore and the ice-sheet in the center
of the bay was a broad canal of water with cakes
of ice floating in it. This was a trying place for the
little fclows, but they were very plucky, and nothing
could keep them from following that black-furred
skin on the back of Ahngmaloktok, who led the way.
When the distance from one cake to another was
too great to jump, they plunged into the water with
out hesitation, though sometimes a reproachful
baa-a-a was sent after the unfeeling "mother"
ahead. With a little help from me' they finally
climbed out upon . the 'unbroken ice, and two
drenched and forlorn little figures hurried patiently
on after Ahngmaloktok. '
But thenrtroubles were by do means ended. It
was a long four miles across the bay; and there
were numerous pools of water, which kept them
constantly wet. Fortunately for them, the day was
clear and sunny, with no wind, so they were not so
cold as they might have been; but when camp was
reached they were very, very tired. Ahngmaloktok
threw the skin down close beside the tent and curl
ing themselves up close against it they went at once
to sleep, regardless of us and the dogs.
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' iWti There wit little goblin gay KSfK'''S'l
AXYn ' Whose home was In a holly-tree; lms.1 K
St frVnff H lauKhed' nd caroled night and day, h
And made that tree a jolly tree. ft fljli VP P '
n 'taY ' The urchin never went to bed, jTyi, ffM
n iflH But when hc"wis!ied t0 doze hit KiJi viG
Nttr e set h' k$eIj fcove ms eac f ' v
d iTJ; And let his eyelids close a bit. V j-j i
lwi IHs food was berries, nuts, and seeds; "CuImI))j K
Sf irr His table-cloth was made o'grass; f'flfMMfr Jp
nl jxfejf And for his drink he sipped the beads IrNS- i$ (imlifi t' R
JTn3f ' night-dew from a blade o'grass. jgjps('
1 merry Vegan to thrive iUWmmm I
$J'?X .Ere' clocks began to go at all; wil 'WM, iVl
fsrj$F But whether he is yet alive fllpX C (J
pp' jy' I rcafly do not know at alL X C M
After a good sleep, Ahngmaloktok' and Ahn
gooploo and Ahsayoo went back across the bay
to bring out the rest of the meat and skins, and I
remained in camp to rest my feet, raw and bruised
from the sharp rocks during the hunt, and to look
after the calves. They showed no fear, but came
right into the tent, where I fed them with biscuit
, soaked in water and a little milk, then curled up
against me and went to sleep while I wrote tip my
journal. They were still very tired. Later in the
day, when I climhed the slopes back of my tent
to see through my glasses what my men were do
ing in the distant valley, they followed me, and,
coming upon a bit of willow, began eating it
eagerly.
I was delighted to find they were old enough
to eat something besides milk, and I led them
about from sprig to sprig of the stunted willow
which grew here and there among the rocks, until
they had had a good breakfast. Then they fol
lowed me back, to the tent for another nap.
Later they came up to me again for their lunch,
and before the . day was over I. had named them
Yankee Doodle and Miss Columbia, because I first
saw them on the Fourth of Tuly.
' I was thinking, too, that if I could only get them
to the ship and keep them till the ice would break
up and let the ship sail home, what fine pets they
would make for a little blue-eved . girl I knew at
home, who had herself been bom in the Arctic '
regions, hardly more than a hundred tniles from
where I found the musk-oxen.
The Eskimos were gone a long time, and after
the sun swung round into the north and hid be-
hind the mountains, I rolled myself In my blanket .
and went to sleep, leaving my little friends "brows
ing contentedly, just back of the tent. Some hours
later my men returning woke me, and when'I asked
about the calves, said that they were still back of
the tent So I turned over for another nap. ,
SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY
When I woke again, and after listening for some
time, heard nothing of the little fellows, I crawled
out of the tent and climbed the slope, but could
not see them anywhere. Then Twoke sharp-eyed
Ahsayoo and told him to trail them.
After a long time he came back and told. me he
had followed their tracks far up the valley, but had
not seen them. They had evidently started off
soon after the dogs came back, and, having had a
good rest and plenty to eat, had kept steadily on
without stopping. At first I thought of sending all
the Eskimos out with some provisions, with orders
not to come back without the calves. Then I re
membered bow far It was to the ship and how rough
the road, and, how very barren the rocks were
everywhere about the ship, with no willow for the
calves to eat, and I decided to let them go.
I have often thought of them since, marching
off up the broad valley together, like Arctic babes
in the wood, and have wondered what befell them on
their lonely journey whether they soon found a
herd of musk-oxen to join, or whether, perhaps,
for days and weeks they cropped the willows and
grass and slept in the shelter of some big rock be
fore' they found companions.
If you or I should go to that same valley now,
we should not know them even if we saw them, for
that was over eight years ago, and Yankee Doodle,
if alive to-day, is doubtless a great big musk-ox,
with huge, strong horns that nearly cover his head,
and is, perhaps, the fcing of a perd. Miss Co
lumbia, quite likely, has a funny little jet black
caff of her own, with soft bright eyes, a gray fore
head, thick, clumsy legs, who follows her closely
with, nose pressed into her warm fur, nibbles the
willow leaves, and drinks from the sparkling brooks
when the sun shines, and, when the cold winds blow
and the snow falls, curls up close against her and,
covered by her long fur, sleeps warm ind very
soundly.
MORNING MAY 10 . -
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Each little girl is neat and sweet, and all are quaintly dressed.
How can we choose one May-queen and leave put all the rest? .
Whfchls the neatest, which is 'the sweetest, and which do you like the best?
THE OJEJPmAHT-'AHD.-BDlS SCEOOIL'
BY EXILED V. TMMOT. ... , "
.The greatwhite elephant left the show,
. He said he was too refined:
.The ways of a circus did not suit
His most superior mind.
, "A creature as big and wise as I
Should be teaching school,' said he;
"And all the animal little folk
My scholars they shall be."
So into an empty school-house neat '
He marshaled them all one day:
v.CIwas In vacation-time, and so
' The children were all away).
.The kittens and puppies, the pigs and geese,
Were put to work with a will;
But the squirrel and fox to the platform went
Because they would not keep stilL
" There are millions of little boys and girls in the
world who want to do just the right thing and the
very best thing. But they do not always know
what just the right thing is, and sometimes they
cannot tell the very best thing from the very wortt
thing.
Now I have often thought that there are little
boys and girls who cry, now and then, at the
wrong time; and I have asked many of the older
people, but none of them could tell me the best
time to cry.
But the other day I met a man older and wiser
than any of the rest. He was very old and very
wise, and he told me:
"It is bad luck to cry on Monday.
"To cry on Tuesday makes red eyes.
"Crying on Wednesday is bad for children's heads
and for tht heads of older people.
And then he began to teach' his school , v .
The various things he knew: . , 1
"There's much not down in the books," said he,
" That you ought to know how to do.?, "
And first he showed how. to 'flap the ears, ,
But their ears were far too small;
And then he showed how to wave the trunk,
But they had no trunk at all. - '!
The .only thing that he taught his school
That the scholars accomplished well, -
Was when he called in the peanut-man.
And taught them the nuts to shell.
The elephant soon dismissed his school,
And packed up his trunk to go; '
For, after all, my talents," taid he,
"Are best displayed in a show."
TO CRY.
"It is said that if a child begins to cry on Thurs
day he or she will find it hard to stop.
"It is not best for children to cry on Friday,
makes them unhappy. - . " 'r -
"Never cry Saturday. It is too busy a day.
"Tears shed on Sunday are salt and bitter.
' "Children should on no account cry at night.
The nights are for sleep. "7:"
"They may cry whenever else they please, but
not at any of these times, unless it is for some
thing very serious."
I wrote down the rules just as the old man gave
them to me. Of course they will be of no use to
the boys and girls who are past six, for those chil
dren A) not cry. The wise old man meant them
for the little ones the millions of little boys and
girls who want to do just the right thing and the
very best thing. - - -
ifary Elizabeth Stone.
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Philemon John and his sister Estelli, J
.When walking out, carefully share
their umbrella; . -
And that both may. be equally af
from the weather, '
Each holds out a hand as they wallc
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