The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-04-24
g{ tVQLUME XIV.

the world, then. But, as was saying,
old Coriander was preparing for years |
campaign in this city, and allotted great |
deal on real, live gorlllA which had
been captured In the Yilds of BAfrioa
| somewhere, Oh, curse that gorilla; / |
wish had been dead before ever heard
And here lack gtoahed. 4,
/ ~ loved Clara CoriandeTs suppose
| you hava guessed at put ready. ssBu
itwas the old y tory, I. poor Young man,
without fortune Or friend ,sicruel parents
determined that their only. daughter shall |
not marry d beggal 4 ynung laiiy incon-
/ solable and devoted ta Aforesaid poor |
young man, but dreaa afdlly afraid Of papa,
whose only child she Is, Well, Coriander1
came on heFean followed, the old man
giving me the job of writing bis posters
and adveftiHements-to keep me from |
starving, suppose. This long Expected |
GOoro0 arrived from 8apzItal bat ro
gorilla was there0n board FOR Mr.. Corian- |
| der Il there Was q skin Of that celebrated |
\ Animal, tho beast himself having departed |
this life off The Island of 81, Helena, in |
imitation Of the example 81 another much |
feared person who once resided in that
| locality. vi
%Corisnder was frantic; The great
card for his menSgetie was not tobe his !
His long cherished plans were wreck |
his money was spent for naughtt he had !
no gorilla Aiter al; rather like. the old |
wretch (Coriander / mean1 lie has an |
absolute passion with his 'profession,' as
he calls it, aud was more In despair be-
cause he had no gorilla, than because it
was a bad financial operation, which |
left him without that for which he had
l spent so much money. he was wretched
in his disappointment, and postponed in
definitely the opening Of the menagerie,
though my elegant advertisements were
in all the papers, and our flaming posters
covered the walls Of the city from one
end to the other. Gloom reigned in the
houseof Gprianders .,s-s- 55
This was my opportunity. / was in
love with Clara and without any perina-
rent occupation. Presenting myself be-
fore the old man, said: Mr.. Corian-
der, you Wanta goTillap
lF' 70 be sure, said he testify. 4
t~" will furnish you With one.'
@The devil you Will ~
8sLook here, said I, stepping back
few PAGES. Grasping the top Of heavy
old wardrobe that stood in, the room,
swung myself up, elambered along the
top, sprang up and down, over chairs and
| tables, raced around the room with huge
strides and jumps, and finally wound up
my performances by rushing at the aston
ished Coriander, and, beating my breast,
gave terrific howl that fairly made the
old man quail as he writhed In his chair.
had not been practising for nothing,
evidently. Coriander was actually fright
ened. .sgs-A
&C What does this smeanY he gasped,
with some rage mingled with his pertur
baton. ~
Lam the live gorilla from the wilds of
Africa, sid J. 0GiVe me my skin that
arrived by the GoQrOo from Zanzibar, and
l win scare this city out of its senses,
when the menagerie opens, after brief
delay on account of the difficulty of pre-
pairing for enormous additions, which Q
discriminating public will be delighted
I. Old goriander embraced me, with
tears in his eyes, declaring that was a
real genius and was born to the show
business, r s,,- rg, lao
"tBut,' said 1, though l am poor and
need the money which you will pay me,
have one other condition, and that is that
you shall give me your daughters hand
II succeed
The old man was rather taken back at
this, and fatty refused at first and we
wrangled over the matter for two or three
days, but, after seeing me, in the skin of
the gorilla, go through many antics and
performances, he reluctantly gave in and
agreed that after one year of gorilla life
in his service, / should have the hRppi-
ness of marrying Clara He only stipu-
lated that should not hereafter tell any
body Of the cheat and that not even Clara
should know Of it now. f
al am aware that my profession is not
high art, as you call it, and on hot days it
/ is precious uncomfortable. But what
won't fellow do under the pressure Of
an exchequer in distress, and enticed by
the promise of the hand of the prettiest
and best girl in the worldl The pay isl
mot much, but l keep soul and body to.
! gether, which is more than some poor
devils do in this great city. BY the way,
Sam, have. you got five dollars about
youfn
Now, if there was anything that Jack
Gale specially loved, It was the state Of
/ being in debt He was never 80 happy
as when in debt, and when by accident,
4 or the interference of friends, he got out
of it, he was uneasy and wretched, appa
rently, until he got in again. The nor
i NAL condition Of the man was debt so
when he asked me for loan, could not
help laughing; and told him that be had
undoubtedly found one of the greatest
priyations Of his gorilla life to be the diff.
ficulty Of contracting new debts.
That's abfact said Jack; " the me
nagerie opens at eight 3 clock in themorn-
ing 1t takes me q good hour TO get my
self up forthe day, and wedon'tehut up
until ten o'clock at nighti 80 you see my
professional duties are very confining, and
a real, live African gorilla is not supposed
to have frst-rste credit with the people
who poke stale sandwiches and peanuts
through his cage-bars by day." ..st
Ipromised Jack that If old Seanecks, Of
the Interoceanic Monthly, accepted my ar
tiole on the origin Of the human species,
would divide the proceeds with him
Jack and / had shared and shared alike
with our little gains too often in years
gone by for me to rememha which owed
the other now. Besides, / told him that !
had studied his habits as q gorilla, and he
had some claim uponth profits Of an arr
ticle in which his personal peculiarities
figured 50 largely.
i During the next few days 1 observed
the Characterization Of Coriander's African
gorilla with new interest. He performed
wonderfully we'll; it was difficult to real,
ize that the hairy, ra3ening, agieand gro
teaquely-moving boast from winch every
visitor shrank back agfast, was only
4 Jack Gale serving out his hard seryitude
for an anticipated bride, very much efter
the ancient fashion Of Laban's kinsman,
The cunning rascal had fashion Of leap
ing at the bars whom curious people came
too near, driving them away from nArei
row inspection by his hideous yells and
angry mouthings But his roars, which
were really artistic Ii their brutal sonor-
business, served us 3 good purpose as Il
was night editor on the Daily HiqlJIyg,
and kept pretty close from ten until three
o'clock In the morning, and Jack was
Gagged until the hour 81 which / went 70
work, It was not easy for us to meet. 40
We exchanged tho salutations Of the day
| ahd Z fasy aera4ia If news nv using our old