Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1892 — ATTENTION OF THE SEAL. [ARTICLE]

ATTENTION OF THE SEAL.

BaMSvd tO Bo Returned to IU NWh« EHnnent. I oyo beard of ( boy who had a pet ghfci to htm when it was quite jWtf, aaya a Writer in the Illustrated MHAtoto. It became very tame, and to Cuddle up beside the dogs to pwy to fboat of tke fire, and learned to jpwi 'eery many tricks. One winter ft wsib very severe, and the VPMpwa were at times quite unable to WBttane to tea to set their nets. As a Wddtsr of course, fish were scarce, and tbs seal’s food having been of fish alone, affk had to be substituted; but it connmed such vast quantities of the latter that* for purposes of economy, after a family council, it was decided to dispose of the beloved pet as soon as possible. The boy and a clergyman friend who had always taken a lively interest in the pet started oft in a boat with the precious victim, and when far enough out ter safety threw the seal into the water Little did they expect the result, for the Creature, feeling Itself very mnch abused, lushed after the boat with all its might, n tiering such fearful and heartrending eries of grief that it was at last taken back into the boat, where it lay exbMurtad, sobbing and waiting like a child. When the familiar home was reached it soon regained its former gayety and health, and lived to a good tad a*a, Mttle the worse for its adventure.