Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-01-15

ford downstairs rent, but lido believe
I have the, cosiest, richest room in the
house.. "a. = = ~ s'i &
70 Indade you have!. That pine table
never cost less than fifty cents with that
new leg to it, It's none of the rest of
'em who can have rugs on their hOors!''
Sand I'm so happy and SO gratefully
continued the occupant; 81 have got
now all ever wanted in house, and
there's nothing more to look after. /
don U want to seem to put on, airs, but
them as. has the best things should put
on stvle, if any body does. 80
/. All the furiture she had would not
have brought $5 at any sort Of sale, and
bird could not have lived'in that foul
smelling room half a day. g is ~
.sAnd now" said Old Maggie, as We
gained the fourth floor, rye must not
expect to see any art or richness up
here, because these rooms are only three
or four dollars per month, and are taken
by poor people, ..5..,r.,-z.i ...f, .c
M,a THE APE IN THE DARK. .e,i
<s His daughter is scrub-woman, and
she supports him!'' whispered the old
woman, as she pushed open the door of
a dark, back room. -.-t5.
For moment could make out moth
ing, owing to the gloom. The old wom-
an went in ahead, stumbled around, and
finally there was a yell, scream and a
struggle. rinGis't io ,
"For Heavens sake! what's the mat
terp'1 called. '- ''' '-.i.''
/" Nothing!" replied Maggie, after a
fierce tussle lasting half a minute.
.'There! We slippery old devil, I've taken
the conceit out of We for the third time
this week, and guess yen begin to
learn who is boss here!'' 9a-a-l1sIl
Opening the door to its widest extent,
saw an old stove, two beds of straw
and rags, pine table and three or four
pieces of crockery on shelf.
Its the ould ape!'' explained the
woman, as bundle of something rolled
over on the floor '.Here! let me bring
him out into the hall.'' If --aa=i+
Was it an ape? thought so for half
a minute. 1t was a little old man, so
bent over that his back formed an arch.
His, face was like dried beef in color,
his mouth shriveled up, his head bald,
and his nose and chin were thin and
sharp. ."i. sa
d ssHe's human being!" explained
the old woman, as looked down at
| him.
How old is he?'' t...,t
"Nobody knows .f.s
"a "What does he doP'' .
"He hasn't been out of that room i'm
| five years-not once! He cackles and
chuckles and yells like lunatic,
and he's wicked as wolf. All!
you Satan! Will you bite me again! -
She held up hand from which blood
was dripping, and the ape gave cackle
| of delight and leaped away and stood
| with hands and feet on the floor, like a
| wild beast, and uttered such q scream
of rage that jumped back.
"Ah! he dasn't hurt ye! :" the wom-
| an called out. "The way / subdues
him is to grab his throat and shut off
his breath! How'd on bit till make
him mad!"
She united her apron, waved it at
him, and Kissed and spit. His eyes
flashed red and green, his claws raked
the floor, and he spit like a cat and
yelled like panther in his fury. He
never once stood on his feet, but dashed
up and down the hall on all-fours like a
dog. -,+. ,.-.. .. -....
allow he'd like to get hold of
yees!" laughed the woman, as the
ape fixed his horrible green eyes on my
face and clutched the air with his long
fingers. 80" Si5s.
i backed down past his door, the
woman followed, and the beast sprang
in with yell and scream, and scat
tered straw all over the room in his
great rage.