, 1881-01-21
rne Gnu that Would be Famous.

country of Makalolo very handsome
and clever gnu. L need not say where
Makalolo is. it can be found in any large
d.ins iti but waen l. studied geography it
WAS WAS painted yellow, and marked "UneX-
plored'
When TINS wonderful gnu was five
raars old he was wiser than his parents
ss,J his grandparents. Indeed, in his
a,rn opinion, there vas not another rreN-
turo in the world SO wise as lie, "Shnll
Thnw my talents in this ont of-the-way
aorncr of the earth?' he woU!d say to
himself. "No, something within my
hrpost declares to me, ain no common
snr The world shall hear of me, ana
in fbe distant future history will call me
pavnhildic. the celebrated gnuG
Hn had not long to wait, for when he
uos eipht wears old an agent Of Abindab
Hnbbel. u great Snowman, went through
WakaIolo, hiring animals to appear III
his exhibition
"yon will be carried from place to
nloce in grand carriage, said the agent.
HYou will have plenty of the best food,
and receive kind and courteous treat
,nont from an attendant who will always
be ot YOUR service; and you will soon
become famous, for in every town por-
rait of you viii bo hung in some promi.
nent place, and great poets Will be hired
10 write your praises.
Bayphildic thought, "This is the. op-
nortnnity for me-" and engaged to travel
With the great "Moral Show and Excel
sior Monngerie" for four years, and IN
payment he was to receive board, lodg'
ing and attendance, and would have a
chance to see the world and become
famous. .a.
At the expiration of his engagement
be returned to his own country n worn
ont and Disguised gnu, and in no long
time hy died. But shortly after he
came home he invited his friends TO
visit. and told them the story OF his
adventures and search after fame.
"Alas, my friends" said he, IF you
knew what know not gnu OF you
would ever covet the applause OF the
world. Before ! started on nay travels |
pictured to myself delightful journey,
attentive servants Mt my command, and
an admirilg public to do me homage.
How different was the reality from my
dreams. He who endeavors to win the
notice of the multitude must endure all
sorts OF hardships and humiliations, and
the paltry fame he acquires is not worth
one moment of the happiness and con
tentment ho may enjoy every day at
home eating grass in qu.etness with his
friends.
"In place of the liberty was prom
ised, | became prisoner. For a car
rage | bad little filthy ear, set upon
wheels without springs, and which jolted
me- 30 as we journeyed over rough roads,
] often felt that all my faculties were for
saking me, My attendant punched me
with q sharp stick when ! fell asleep,
and gave me sickening drug that made
me sleep when wanted TO keep awake;
and when We reached town, insteod of
presenting me free and untrammoled to
the visitors that thronged to see me, one
side of the car was removed revealing an
inner cage Of iron bars, through which
the strongest gnu could not break, and
my portrait, Instead of being prominent,
occupied an inconspicuous corner of the
general advertisement, To be sure my
imprisonment had lis good side, for near
me were lions, and tigers and the dread.
iul hyena, animals that made me shud-
der to look at and just across the tent
was largo cage il which glittered n
monstrous serpont who always kept her
jewel.like eyes fixed on me- Overcome
as was with fear and disgust, felt that
the public did not SEQ me to advantage,
and demonstrated with my attendent,
telling him that was no flesh eater, that
all my friends and family su6sisted like
myself upon tender young grass and
leaves, and that preferred not to asso-
Ciate with beasts that would tear us NIL
in pieces if they only had u chance.
"'If you want to be famous said he,
You must make up your mind to meotall
sorts of animals, and not only put up
with their peculimities gracefully, but
you must praise them for tho very quail
ties you fear and dospisc. | warn you
that persistence in your present course
will get you into trouble. Each one
has his set OF admirers. The lions and
tie tigers draw about them as big "
CT wd as you do; and the snake that you
60 dislike is the iavorite of the ladies'.
"You can easily imagine continued
Bayphildio, that after that my taste for
public life waned considerably But a
new distress was in store for me. One
day the zebra, my next neiehbor. whis.
pered through the bars of his cage that
there were bad stories circulating among
the animals about my relative. 1T il
said, whispered he, putting up his hoof
beside his mouth, that no one might
hear, that your grandfather was robber.
your grandmother an idiot, your father
amurdorer and your mother liar; and
that you yourself are no better than you
ought to be, that in fact you made an en-
gagement with Mr.. Hubbel to escape
from Makalolo, and the punishment due
to your crimes.
"'Who, cried, SIS the author of these
wicked falsehoods? y