American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-22
VOL. XIV.

| OlAs ZALA
ness and his dfverting tricks, which the
would be an ornament to your famil
| circle, or it's four-foot hole in the mid
die of the ring, with no head on to Nose
worth mentioning" and Mr.. Chuffiers eA
amined critically the caps on his revolver
| I gazed at the poor beast covering il
the corner, swaying himself from side t.
side with that involuntary movement s.
the happy family, mostly composed 0
nocturnal animals, were following thei
peculiar instincts, and seemed to b.
| growing more restless every moment
The cat deliberately clawed her way owe
| the poor monkey. The opossum rudel.
| jostled him, while a raccoon brutishl,
tumbled on him. A supercilious white
barked spitefulIy at Moses, and, as if tt
add insult to injury. an impertinent ban
tam, with s. fiutter, lit on the poor monk
ey's shoulder and crowed shrill IL
his ear. Evidently the social DISPOSE
ton of the family had been shaker
to its center, and its homogeneous parts
were developing traits of the most op
posite and .aScordant character. The
balance-whee4of the complex animal
mechanism having been broken, the re-
naming elements were out of gear anG
fast getting beyond control. Certain
was it that q revolution had set in. II
the monkey had been once king, every
prestige of his birth and position was
being swept away. Even the scaven
gers of his realm refused him homage
for now procession of loathsome rats
were crawling over him. Had the monk
ey been alone in his cage might have
felt truly sorry for him; but in the
midst of this tumult of lower animals
Moses seemed to me type of human
suffering, martyrdom and resignation.
suppose a certain tell-tale face of mine
evincsd the sentiments felt.
"Bully for you, sir" said Mr.. Chuf-
fiers; heart in the right place"
"There amt champagne in this town
good enough for this party" cried Mr.
Wogglam, triumphantly. Chuffiers,
take the gentleman's address. We will
adjourn to the hotel-and, Chuffiers, just
as soon as you have ambulanced Moses,
you Join u.s."
Nolsns volens, 1 had fully committed
myself; there was no way of refusing the
invitation, and to a neighboring hotel we
went; for Granville rejoices in a wonder
full hostelry.
Family man, sir?" inquired Mr.. Wog-
CLAM.
EYES," 1 replied.
"Al well and hearty! Glad to hear it.
That's a great blessing. have but one
child, a girl, and a sad invalid. l was a
poor man once, and hadn't no big show
when begun. Mebbe you have heard
of Signor Slabsilanti and his child? That
was me and my daughter years ago. She
was twelve-year-old child then-kid
we call 'em--but as graceful as a fawn
and as plucky as a rat-terrier, when the
horse she and me was riding, as never had
been known to stumble before, came
down all in q heap. 1t was a dislocated
hip, and she never did get right strong
again. She's most twenty now, though
it's little pleasure she knows. Here's
Chuffiers; sit down, old man, and help
yourself Here is to all our health, and
Moses in particular, and to all of us see
ing one another this time next year,
when, if the generous public of Clam
vile don't spend all their money on
lecture shows. we expect to have the
posters around again with the combina-
ton. Drop me a line about the monkey,
care of my Wife" and Mr.. Wogglam gave
me his address in some Western town.
"Ef," said Chuffiers, in doleful way,
the worst should happen, and Moses
pegs out. take half pound of arsenic to
two pounds of lard, and grease him well,
and send him with this here card to a
friend of mine in New York." and the
keeper somewhat laboriously executed
some writing ON the back of a card, which
he presented to me-" " It's time to break
up this ere conwiviality," continued Mr..
Chuffiers. IL have got to see the ele-
plants put on the train. They would be
sure to put 'em head to the wind, which
makes 'em cross and ugly"
We all shook hands and parted. The
ten dollars was offered to me, which of
course refused. Mr.. Chuff1ers' card was
as follows:
To Mr.. Billy Potanner amin al, and
bird suffer William street New York.
this gent and Moses is both friends of
mine belize he may send his body by
express in which case stuff and send him
back at my expense. Nun but the best
artificial ize is to be used with a real
branch of tire in g. glass case with nat
ural background. he was boss of our
happy family and we commentaries his
departure from this life in this way with
respect Alfonso Chufflers."
The possessor of a sick money! Was
it subject for congratulated? 1t might
have been the Granville champagne
which sent scampering through my head,
as ! walked homeward, the whole ro-
mantle literature of monkeys. Then
came fresh to me the story of my great
monkey, the one she
brought water, built the fire, and to
these domestic qualities united the ac-
of whipping bad chill
dren. Philip Quarrs, Edgar Poe's monk
ey, and Hawthorne's organ grinders
latter like grotesque gar
goyle clambering up the Gothic struct-
ure of the House of Seven Gables-all
these trooped through my brain. Quaint
pictorial and sculptured monkeys, such
as illumined the borders of monkish
the grinning monkey faces
from medi3val friezes, gibbered at
me. The whole gallery-those fantastic
of Tintoret, Veronese and
Titan, among the ancients, and the later
productions of De la Roche, Kaulbach
and Landseer-kept trooping alongside
Simian lore, had any of these distin-
guished authors, even Frank auckland, or
of the painters, Hammerton included
had any of them ever had anything to do
with sick monkey? That was the ques-
ton. In myself placed no reliance. /
must confess my main stay was in my
DIR. Parry, who, having no
practice to speak of in large city, had
come to Granville to spend the summer
months with me-
As ! mounted the steps of my house
the door was opened by my wife. Her
first words were: at is in basket, OH
Left in the most mysterious way half
hour ago, with particular instructions
not to open it until you came home. l
am not very curious, you know, butt
here my wife paused, noticing, perhaps.
q smile of incredulity on my lips" well,
not very 7 mean II has worried mo Gu