San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-31

with It.
Now after this blunder in the matter of
a hitch, the confusion of hitcher and
hitchee, and the consequent unwholesome
aspects of things generally, it would seem
that my monkey would pick him out
good place in which to sit down and square
up experiences; that he would graduate
his progress toward experiments involv-
ing string or anything else. thought
so, but was ignorant. went to win
dow, drew the print curtains slightly
apart, and became wiser, for there was
my unterrifed, unrepentant little beast
pottering about the room just as indus
triously and as. blithely as if he had not
but just narrowly escaped being butted
out as fiat as a gun wad by sheep. The
room was Graham's, and was used as
combined medicine shop, study and bird
stuffery. Truly bad place for such an
occupant, but | was disposed to take the
risk on my property.
Over the breakfast table in the morn
ing Graham and had exchanged num>
Der of little amenities that now served to
cheer me to the venture. He said to me
that America was not historically great,
and could never be so. To clinch this, he
asserted that Americans place no value
upon BTtdIueSS. mdTh, Sdlu NC, Wy
way of contrast, the hundreds and thou
sands of tributes in bronze and marble
that England erects in grateful prodigal-
ity to her dead heroes"
Then when / asked for the exact page
of the guide books pointing out those
erected to CORVALLIS and Pakenharu, he
seemed vexed, and grew uncomplimen-
tary. In fact, some of his language was
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acousrical responsibility.
For this reason was disposed to chance
my property in there. Perhaps, too,
was beginning to realize that the Asian
tee was more than half right when he
him proceed.
After hopping about the room on his
hind legs for a time, he seemed satisfied
with the preliminaries, and jabbered some
to himself in small, contented fashion.
Then, with a squeak, he jumped and
grabbed small stuffed fish from the
beak of taxidermized pelican, and sat
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cluded analysis; analysis, dissection; and
dissection placed synthesis among those
things which cannot be done. His next ex-
ercise brought the pelican to the floor, and
along with it two parrots. Then he shivered
four ounce jar of quinine, and scattered
it's contents, along with the shattered glass,
over the floor and among the feathers OF
the yerturned. A cobra gave him some
little alarm at first, but not for long. He
soon grasped matters as they stood; this
done, he stuffed the cotton obtained from
the fish into the mouth of the spurious
reptile, and then gave it haul and
snatch that retired it into a corner Of the
room. Climbing up curtain afforded no
end of fun until the fastening gave away,
then he was at some little trouble over
the fall and the struggle to unwind and
back out. Next he wound his playful tail
among a group of the grouse family that
were mounted on u single board, and pro-
ccedcd to "scuf" around the room with
this in tow. This kittenish operation
overturned and smashed a flask of am
mOnia, which mishap rendered the room
uninhabitable. So he left and went into
the hall before the aqua forts was
reached. He seemed to regret the occur
renee keenly, but he had to 60 Even a
brass monkey would have been evicted.
Out in the hall an umbrella and two hats
fell on him, so he retreated into corner.
Now, in that corner stood an eighteen
gauge, twenty -G"O luCH Singh gun,
diminutive affair that Graham used in the
interest of humming bird taxidermy. This
little benickeled machine caught his eye
at once, and he Immediately began to
tinker. Next he twisted loop of his tail
through the trigger guard and pulled the
gun to the floor Having safely accom-
plished this he proceeded to didn't know
twas loaded down the rough planking of
the hall floor. The rear wall reached, he
started to skitter back again, with the
gun bobbing gayly about in his wake. On
his way ne swung corners with table,
balanced to chair, and
Yes, The too trick, too much profane
humbug." Poor little fellowl We buried
him on the following morning, and few
days later put up his head board. 1t
ran:
Poor LITTLE HUMBUG SIN.
Acquired November II, 1886.
Lost on the same Day.
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