The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-05-08


which, ssdo what you win, tho acent Of
the r0aea would cling oitstiil " only in
this case the perfume was the result Of a /
combination the hgenR and the musk
rat, the royal Bengal tiger and the mar
nioset each contributed their soape6a.
In piace Of the usual Snowman, NIF. Shaw
himself With an elegant white wand,
pointed outthe various objects Of interest,"
explained their habits and narrated anec.
d0tos Of their extraordinary saEa6ity. |
The lnonkey. cages, as usual were the |
chief attraction; their innocent gainbnls, !
and thereInarkable peacfGat they exhibit. |
ed for biting each others tails, were the |
aduiifation Of the heholdefa. Mrs St6tt,
while regarding these parodies upon man.
kind with a confemplatiYe air, Was very
nearly indeed, literally within half an
inch Of 30 paying d great penalty for her
philoaonhic abstraction "a ribbed face
babOon Of gigantic size, looking not IN,
ike one Of Mr.. Gooper's Indian heroes in
his war paint, made snatch at her fin
gers, which, loaded with rings, happened
b be ungloYed, for she had Just been taxi,
ing refreshments
Your charms even yanquish the brute
creation, Mrs. stoft," observed the clerk
\ 10 the magistrates gallantly the enam-
\ 0red animal seeks your hand 2tsas
N Yes but, like thereat df the lfalesex,
for what ID in Il, or on it,h replied Mrs
/ Jones, who had been an heiress in email
way, till her husband removed from her
that inyidious distinctlou byspending all
her money.
| The ribbed-face baboon screamed with
disappointment, and swung by his rope
! headioremost, and with his eyes shut, for
the rest Of tho evening
It was q M, and the chief constable's
4 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 sonie good news TO tell her,
or to comfort him with her sympathy in
case he hadn't, 1t was a beautiful night,
and she had left the window open, through
which the soft flesh air came gratefully
enough aftef the atmosphere Of the me.
nagerie. She would be ableto catch the
: majestic football OF her lord while it was
yet q great way 0h, and she was listening
for IL Presently, through the deep sum =
mer stiffness, sounded q human step which,
J albeit not that she was expecting, seemed
familiar 10 her. II was a step which, al.
though 1t moved with quicknesa, had o
slight limp such as she hsd 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 fets, Of all nights, he should have made
! an exception TO this salutary practice aud
/, yet she knew no other step than his like
/ that atep. It stopped beneath the win.
5 dow, and then there was q sliding, ,scramb-
/. ling noise, as though something were
y struggling up the waterpipe that ran
} down the side Of the house, and abe teli
! at once that the mystery Of these nightly
i thefts was about TO besolved
! She was frightened, Of course but she
Q did not shut her eyes and put her head uu
! der the bed clothes, as most ladies Woul6
I have done under such circumstances = or
{ the contrary, she stared so hard at tht
window, that the sides seemed TO meet
2 and leave no window ct all Or was 1
!. that the space had become obscuTed by th,
i presence Of the msarauderq Yes, that wal
1 | IL; and what q maraudeT
y The hce of the intruder she could no
J, catch; but she saw that Be was quite black
Z very inadequaIely attiFed, and provided
/ with long tall That late imprudent re
b ply Of hers to her husband, But thi
2 Devil has wings" came into her mint
i with terrible emphasis No wonder tina
q even the chief.eonstable's vigilance hai
q failed t0--
q All, that faGei There was no mistak
I ing those very strilEingly marked features
p 10 was, without doubt, her late admirel
!, the ribbed face baboon and, whethe
2 from motives Of sielicaey or fear, Mr.
2 Stott did dive under the bedclotHes theE
z with only her nose left out to breath
4 through, ike The elephant when nnde
water, as Mr.. Shaw had instructiYely i
!. formed her not three hours ago.
e She could hear 3 little, however, as we
y as breathe and she distinctly caught 81
= quiet chnckle Of her visitor, and the chin
q Of her rings as he swept them of u
E dressing-ta with his hairy paws. Pre-
y emily there was shFill whistle from b
~ low, and the chuCkling ceased; and the
o. came the sliding, scFambling noise agail
The ribbed face bab00n had put the rinf
ID ID his mouth having no pocket and 81
ce down the water spout 20 bis master wit
le the spoil
Z, John, cried Mfs. stott, when Ii
se chief constable put In his lenglWished e
y appearanee, and as soon as be had got j
AZ side the door, 9 I've found it all out E
y q PshaWls said her husband cohtemp
le uously.
n = Lor, cried she, wen, you are arwo
n defl How ever did goW find cut It VI
q Mr.. Shaw and his ribbed face baboong'
lh Never you mind ma am, rejoined N
ae Stott, with hiss0ld confident aig; / la
fe found IL ont And now Lot me hear ho
faryour testimony goes ID corrobDratig
or of my Views
ed The next day, from information i
81 ceiyed, as he darkly limited the chiefeo
hs stable AppFehended ne keeper Of Y
OF [ me0agerie, and searched his house
y. wheels with such effect thai ell the stol
,ol properly was recovered. Blr Shaw,
9 Appeared, had trained the fibbed-fac
20 baboon TO climb up mater-epouta q
~ sweep from dsessing tables all arLiclesth
ng glittered, which accounted for his TAXI
the plated inkstaId and the municit
mace II bis education had been suffer
J, u progress, he would doubtless n I'll
ps have been taught to carry of bank-noi
2 and railway dlgidends But thanks
ol Mrs Stott, bis occupation was hencef0T
gone. The chief oonstahle however Z
ilp an the credit f0l the discovery and u
lot held by every body, including his wife,
eb higher estimation for sagacity than eT
9W II was true that he had been at fault
first, and ID more than one Instance
ll1 then, AZ be himself observed E 1 "a
w still SAY aa 40 inan ever fook mo in twi
Fsr for Iii a n 81 not d Man. bst n ie.p z
Tha above curious innlde dent happened
ed BhieWsbUr ID 1884 and was WithC
doubt the circumstance On which Edi
ihe Pos founded his famous story 81 9 q
on Murder Ii the Rue AIorgue Cia1s6s
I'D Journal
ne 4 M0DERE H0MAHgE.
o.. TnrBa i've ii one az those towns Viii
let hang Oh the verge of Chicago alm0at r
IN for annexation, nan end hia WlgA, Nl
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