Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-05-07


which, ado what You will, the scent of
the roses would cling to 1t still !" only in
this case The perfume was the result OF
the hyena and She musk
rat, the royal Bengal tiger and the mar
moset, each contributed their sOSpc0a.
In place of the usual Snowman, Mr., Shaw
himself, with an elegant white wand,
pointed out the various objects of interest,"
explained their habits, and narrated anec
dotes of their extraordinary sagacity.
The monkey cages, as usuGl, were the
chief attraction their innocent gambNls.
and the remarkable penchdnt they exhibit
ed for biting each others tails, were the
admiration of the beholders. Mrs. Stott,
while regarding these parodies upon man.
kind with contemplstive air, was very
nearly-indeed, literally within half an
inch or so-payipg great penalty for her
philosophic abstraction. A ribbed face
b9boon of gigantic size, looking not un-
like one of Mr.. Cooper's Indian heroes in
his war paint, made a snatch at her fin
gers, which, loaded With rings, happened
to be ungloved, for she had Just been taxi
ing Refreshments.
"Your charms even vauuuish the brute
creation, Mrs. Stott," observed the clerk
TO the magistrates gallautly; "the enam-
ored animal seeks your hand"
eyes; but, like the rest of the male sex,
for what is in 1t, or on it," replied Mrs.
Jones, who had been an heiress in a small
way, till her husband removed from her
that invidious distinction by spending all
her money. .......
The ribbed.face baboon screamed with
disappointment, and swung by his rope
headforemost, and with his eyes shut, for
the rest of the evening.
1t was a. M, and the chief constable's
wife had been in bed since midnight, but
she had not fallen asleep. She was await.
ing the arrival OF Mr.. Stott, in hopes that
he might have some good news to tell her,
or to comfort him with her sympathy in
case he hadn't. 1t was beautiful night,
and she had left the window open, through
which the soft fresh air came gratefully
enough after the atmosphere of the me-
nagerie. She would be able to catch the
majestic football of her lord while it was
yet great way of, and she was listening
for it. Presently, through the deep sum-
mer stiffness, sounded human step, which,
albeit not that she was expecting, seemed
familiar to her. 1t was step which, al
though 1t moved with quickness, had a
slight limp such as she had noticed in the
gait of Mr.. Shaw. Yet he had himself as.
sured her that very evening that he was a
man of early habits, and always shut up
his house on wheels before twelve o'clock
1t was most unlikely that on the night OF
his fete, Of all nights, he should have made
an exception to this salutary practice; and
yet she knew no other step than his like
that step. 1t stopped beneath the win
dow, and then there was a sliding, ,scramb
NhAaph unV,nnthipO
struggling up the water pipe that rar
at once that the mystery of these nightly
thefts was about to be solved.
She. was frightened, of course; but sht
did not shut her eyes and put her head un
der the bed clothes, as most ladies woulC
have done under such circumstances OIL
the contrary, she stared so hard at tn,
window, that the sides seemed to meet
and leave no window at all. Or was i
that the space had become obscured by tn,
presence of the mArauder? Yes, that wa
1t; and what marauder
The face of the intruder she could no
catch but she saw that he was quite black
very inadequately attired, and provides
with long tail. That late imprudent re
ply of hers to her husband, "But tn
Devil has WINGS" came into her min,
with terrible emphasis. No wonder tina
even the chief. .constables vigilance ha,
failed to
All, that facet There was no mistak
! ing those very strikingly marked features
1t was, without doubt, her late admirel
the ribbed face baboon; and, whethe
from motives of delicacy or fear, Mrs
| Stott did dive under the bedclothes theI
with only her nose left out to breath
through, like the elephant when unde
water, as Mr.. Shaw had instructively il
formed her not three hours ago.
She could hear little, however, as we
as breathe and she distinctly caught th
quiet chuckle of her visitor, and the chin
of her rings as he swept them off tn
dressing-table with his hairy paws Pre-
emily, there was shrill whistle from b.
low, and the chuckling ceased and the
came the sliding, scrambling noise agail
The ribbed face baboon had put the rinl
in his mouth-having no pocket-and sli
down the water spout to his master wit
the spoil.
"John," cried Mrs. Stott, when th
chief.constable put in his long-wished fC
appearance, and as soon as he had got il
side the door, "rve found it all out"
!"Pshaw" said her husband contemp
uously.
"Lor," cried she, "well, you are wol
derl How ever did y0U find out it W,
Mr.. Shaw and his ribbed face baboou 2"
"Never you mind ma'am," rejoined NJ
Stott, with his old confident air ha
found it out. And now let me hear no
far your testimony goes in corroboratio
of my views"
The next day, "from information r
ceived," as he darkly limited, the chief-co
stable apprehended the keeper of I'll
menagerfe, and searched his house Q
wheels with such effect that all the stole
property was recovered. Mr.. Shaw,
appeared, had trained the ribbed-fact
baboon to climb up water-spouts al
sweep from dressing tables all articles tn
glittered, which accounted for his takiI
the plated inkstand and the municip
mace. If his education had been sufferC
to progress, he would doubtless in tin
have been taught to carry off bank-not
and railway dividends. But, thanks
Mrs. Stott, his occupation was hencefor
gene. The chief constable, however, g
all the credit for the discovery, and W
held by everybody, including his wife,
higher estimation fo- sagacity than eve
1t was true that he had been at fault
first, and in more than one instance; b
then, as he himself observed: "I m,
still say as no man ever took me in twiC
for this was not Man, but a Hape"
The above curious incident happened
Shrewsbury in 1884, and was Witho
doubt the circumstance on which Edg
Poe founded his famous story of ct
Murder in the Rue Morgue. ."-C CsdHbel
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