Virginia illustrated : containing a visit to the Virginian Canaan, and the adventures of Porte Crayon and his cousins . ection. Formerly Henry was nobody but that Dutch basket-mak-er ; now he is the man that killed a she-bear in single fight,and, for the nonce, the hero of Morgan County. About a month after this event I visited Henrys cabin. Hewas temporarily absent, but his two dogs stepped out from theircomfortable kennels on either side of the door and welcomed mewith friendly greeting. Within, his blooming spouse suckled theyounger babe, while the elder occupied a cradle at her side, con-j
Virginia illustrated : containing a visit to the Virginian Canaan, and the adventures of Porte Crayon and his cousins . ection. Formerly Henry was nobody but that Dutch basket-mak-er ; now he is the man that killed a she-bear in single fight,and, for the nonce, the hero of Morgan County. About a month after this event I visited Henrys cabin. Hewas temporarily absent, but his two dogs stepped out from theircomfortable kennels on either side of the door and welcomed mewith friendly greeting. Within, his blooming spouse suckled theyounger babe, while the elder occupied a cradle at her side, con-jointly with the young bears. One of these amused himself suck-ing the infants thumb, while the other seemed to prefer its bigtoe. Occasionally the little savages became so earnest in thissport that the heir of Herbel was fain to express his displeasureby screams and kicks, and the mother would toss the offendingcub out of the cradle. Without noticing the rebuke in the slight-est degree, it would coolly climb back to its place, and fasten upontoe or finger with renewed pertinacity. 288 rORTE CRAYON AND HIS THE NURSERY. When aware ot my presence, the matron laid her child uponthe table, and, begging me to keep the bears from it, ran out tocall her husband. Presently he came in, and, when we liad ex-changed salutations, he seated himself, and addressed the cubs inthe following words: Ah! koom, guten fellers—ya—poor leetle Fritzee—koom zupapa—ya—ya—koom den. Whereupon the whelps scrambled out of the cradle, and hadan exciting climbing-match up the basket-makers legs. His hornythumb, as first prize, Avas seized by the winner; while Fritzee, asif to console himself for the loss of the race, made desperate effortsto obtain the honor of a kiss from his master. Then a pan of milk was set on the hearth, and the young bru-ins exhibited an example of greediness, compared Avith which the DIVERSION. 289
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