Nebraska advertiser., 1867-10-24

and pouring out incoherent sentence af-
ter sentence, fell sensless on the floor.
The true murderer was found.
In the hurry and tumult on the night
of Donna Estevan's death. nobody had
thought of the ape, who had for three
months since that tTagical event held en-
tire possession OF the premises. living
how and where he could This ape was
one of The animals which Winlzar had in
his httle menagerie, and from his half
human propensUies and his tameness,
been allowed to rove through the house
and garden at will.
Il is well known that monkeys will
most faii hfully and accurately initiate the
Transactions of human beings. On the
night of the supposed murder, the black
ape had been watching old Winter in
lhe laberatory until sleep overcame the
iaaer.
u Will be remembered that the phial
eeaforIis had been unfortunately left
necromancer on The table. The
iger to initiate the motions of his
Dad seized the phleL Bat there
lther phial at hand into which to
for the remainder were locked
kly . thought flashed on the
mind. There were phials out
door on the bracket, and he
hose. As The charIatan had
e doOr on account of the heat,
NY and the ape accomplished
(ormed, the ape Bertram.
gacity, which distinguishes
thev have been perpetra.
Nef. the bottles he had
n The place where he
end secreted the un
lecky pLia hud been the cause Of
eli ths mIsforns.
Dame Charios al Midnight found the
bottles precisely as she had placed them,
and unconsclously was the agent Of de-
slruction TO The poor Spanish lady This
was The first act of This tragedy.
But. unfortunately, the second act of
the tragedy, in which poor old Winter
had played The chief part, could not be
recalled. The curtain had fallen on it
forever
Happily The third actwas never per-
formed
Gretchen speedily gave the alarm,
and the house was soon full Of sympali
ziDg towns. people. The ape was secur
ed, and it was found that one of the two
phals WHICH he held when the woman
first observed him was the identical one
which had hsld ihe aquafortis.
For The second time Antwerp was in
all uproar, and the upshot may be readily
guessed. Our old friend. Chariot, re-
ceived her reason which the shock had
brought back-such cases are not rare)
ard she lived to see a hundred years.
Tie repentant townspeopie would have
erected a statue TO The memory of the
soor necronanc6f. who was the victim
monkeys freak b6l they changed
aeif minds and did slid better. They
iance for The now happy
60 her master had left DO
8 made over his wealth to
part compensation LOT neE
and she resided ill her
e old house.
of i'll. luck turned. The house
gItuDale. MADAM Chariot"
tas then called. sent to Venice
greatnephew, famous jeweler,
6and SET up his trade in Antwerp
ailh the old lady's forins and
ID view, be did so; lived with
Jearis twenty years, TIL she died.
6r hundredth year, when it was
hat She had left all TO him. The
mnh amassed an enrrmous fortune,
e ulumateIy ennobled and mem
ss sf lie Stale Council, and his heirs in
Ansasrp have, to this day, for their
arns-a monkey grasping an empty phi
al. wllh the motto, "Oui of mischief rose
fortune"
Thus was a monkey the cause Of the
deaths of two innocent people, aud a
foOnder of a whole family's prosperity.