The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-04-17

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q lump of a brute like that"
"No remarks. Move on"
N. Durand, halter in hand, sadly
directed his steps to the main entrance.
When they appeared outside the ami
NAL and its owner-the "gee-hos," the
sarcasms, the coarse jests were indie
scribable. The ''pi-ouitts'' of the
small boys, present in great strength,
were enough to split the drums of M.
DuXand's ears, to say nothing of the
d~romedary's. And certainly the little
fat man, dragging the powerful animal
with all his strength by the halter, pre-
sented a very comical appearance.
In the midst of all the excitement
the emigrant from the land of the
Sphinx got frightened and refused to
move. At this ~juncture N. Durand,
who was putting like a high-pressure
engine, was seized with what seemed
to him an excellent idea. He recol-
lected what he had seen during n of
his visits to the Jardin d'Acclimatation.
He whistled twice, shook the halter
from left to right, forced the beast to
kneel, and then nimbly sprang into
the little wooden saddle placed before
the hump. Hardly was he seated when
the dromedary started off. with long
strides, for the Place de la Concorde.
M. Durand, not accustomed to this
style of locomotion, began to consider
his last maneuver not so brilliant as he
had at first considered it. He hung
fast to the halter, however, and pulled
hard on the cord attached to the ring
that passed through the animals right
nostril. Thus irritated, Mr. Drome-
Diary increased his pace. The crowd,
not to be done out of any part of the
free entertainment, followed close be-
hind, and by their cries still further ex-
cited M. Durand's steed. The former,
thrown first on one side and then on
the other alternately, laid flat on his
back and pitched over on his nose,
to have all the symptoms
of sea-sickness.
"Still en- route, M. Durand met
several friends who bowed in stupefied
astonishment. At last, after several
incidents, the cortege arrived before
the owners door. The latter called
to the concierge and babe him
open the stable door. The latter, on
the animal, uttered several
piercing shrieks and disappeared to
the landlord. The astonished
tenants ran to the windows. There
another shower Of poor jokes and
double entendres. Nine. Durand, on
hearing the tumult, came down stairs
four steps at a time and tainted clean
away on finding herself under the
nose of the dromedary, who snorted
vigorously. A crowd of at least five
hundred spectators by this time sur
rounded the unfortunate M. Durand,
who, his eycballs quite ont of their
sockets with excitement. commenced
% dose his head. What to do? What
% try? Where to goP
At that moment a kind Providence
sent an employe of the Jardin d.
.cclimatation into the neighborhood,
md curiosity drew him among the
crowd. M. Durand saw him.
MY good SIR said he in the most
'ouching tones, shave the goodness to
AXE this animal to the Jardin. Pre-
tent him to the directors from me. My
lame is Octave Durand. Will you, my
'riend?"
Certainly" was the reply, "but l
must have a fee."
"How large a one?'
II can't take your dromedary awS
or less than one hundred francs.
That kind Of beast is unusually hard to
manage"
~ know that. Well, here's your
me hundred francs" shouted M. Du-
and, who felt the need of a little rest
fter so many adventures.
Hardly, however, had the good man
cached the privacy of his W suite OF
.partments and commenced the re-
ital of his trials to Nine. Durand-re-
overed from her fainting tit-when a
oud ring was heard at the door.
"It's hat cursed dromedary come
,ack for me-" cried Durand, in a cold
respiration.
Not so bad as that. 1t was only a
nessenger from the Palace of Industry
nth a bill to the following effect:
mo. 4,444. DR.. To three months
sed for dromedary (straw, hay, oats,
etches), 600 francs"
swell! he wasn't starved, the ras.
al" sarcastically remarked M. Du-
and, who angrily ~liquidated this new
litigation.
Then, looking at his wife, who was
lmenting so much money thrown
way:
Il take my solemn oath, Eudoxie,
lat l will never buy another ticket in
n Egyptian or any other lottery. That
nimal has cured me of gambling"
At the Jardin discrimination the
American visitor may see the
romedary that figures in this veracious
10 walking gravely about with the
blowing inscription Oh a placard