Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-12-07

(Which was long, as she Lad been comb.
ing it), and was fourishing the razor
about her face, in imitation of the motions
of barber The daughter lay PROSTATE
and motionless; she had swooned The
screams and struggles of the old lady
| during which the hair was torn from her
head) had the effect of changing the prob
ably pacific purposes of the orang outanQ
into those of wrath. With one determined
sweep of its muscular arm it nearly sew
cred her head from her body. The sight
of blood inhamed It's anger into frenzy.
Crashing it's teeth and flashing fire from
Its eyes, 1t flew upon the body Of the girl,
and imbedded it's fearful talons In her
throat, retaining it's grasp until she ex-
PRED. It's wandering and wild chances
fell at this moment upon the head Of the
bed, over which the face of it's master,
rigid with horror, was just discernibleA
| The fury of the beast, who, no doubt,
bore still In mind the dreaded whip, Yves
instantly converted into fear. Conscious
of having deserved punishment, 1t seemed
DESTROYS Of concealing its bloody deeds,
and skipped about the chamber in an
agony of nervous agitation; throwing
down and breaking the furniture as II
moved. and dragging the bed from the
bedstead In conclusion, 1t seized first
the corpse of the daughter, and thrust it
up the chimney, as It was f. nd then
that Of the old lady, which it + ediately
hurled through the window hea Jlong.
AS the ape approached the easement
with Its mutilated burden the sailor
shrank against the rod, and rather Gid
ing than clambering down it, hurried at
once home, dreading the consequences of
the butchery, and gladly abandoning In
his terror all solicitude about the fate Of
the orang outang. The words heard by
the party upon the staircase were the
Frenchmans EXPLANATIONS of horror and
alright, commingled with the fiendish
gatherings of the brute.
| have scarcely anything to add. The
orang-outang must have escaped from the
chamber by the rod just before the break.
ing of the door 1t must have closed the
window as it passed through It, and was
subsequently caught by the owner him
self, who obtained for 1t very large sum
at the Jardin des Plantes. LIE Bon was in
stantly released upon our narration of the
circumstances with some comments from
Dupin) at the bureau of the project Of po-
lice. This functionary, however well dis
posed toward my friend, could not alto
gether conceal his chagrin at the turn
which affairs had taken and was fain
to indulge in sarcasm or two about the
propriety of every person minding his own
business.
LET him talk" said Dupin. who had
not thought it necessary to reply. Let
him discourse; it will ease his conscience
am satisfied with having defeated him
In his own castle. Nevertheless, that he
failed in the solution of this mystery Is
by no means that matter for wonder which
he supposes it; for, in truth, our friend
the project is somewhat too cunning to
be profound. In his wisdom is no stamen.
1t Is all head and no body, like the pict-
ure of the Goddess Laverna-or, at best,
all head and shoulders, like a catfish But
he is a good creature, after all. like
him especially for one master stroke Of
cant, by which he has attained his repu-
tation for ingenuity mean the way he
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qui lest pas