Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-08-28

ST. ullo UNMARRIED rounding of the
forest made dash for his original posi-
tlon. Once there he proposed, l presume.
TO wind himself up in the fun afforded by
the situation
Yes, he had tied up Nan Ord. but al
ready the quality of satisfaction originally
acnleved had dwindled until it graded IN
rather badly As we have seen, there was
a mistake, and a pretty predicament nv
nice monkey was in. Poor little Humbug
SIN had already named him so--he
found himself safely caught in the blight
OF trouble, and the glee snuffed out, lust
as IIe mlrth went out of Graham the night
ne put his hand on black cobra's coil.
Nhang! went the taut line. Baa! pitt
phI! blew Donald, as he sprang to his feet
ana stamped an angry inquiry
A momentary glare on the part of the
hainmerer, quick dash, a dodge, and a
period of mutual contemplation filed the
first half minute
One, two, three, scoot! Then followed
the most cheerful occasion of nv life.
surely mortal man never beheld the like
before. Around and over, hither and
yon, flew little Humbug, with the ram
nnlshlng good second at every turn. 1t
was my monkey and Graham's sheep,
United States against Caledonia and
blue day for Uncle Sam. Around they
Went, and back they came, Donald doing
ms best to score hit, and taking his
Shots, quarter or straight away" Just
as they came, and the monkey straining
every hDer to Keep up a system of vanish
ing targets. 1t was tumbling match, a
Duh hight, swift chariot race, and fit
apiece Sometimes the ten feet of cord
fO11I nd
moment 1t looked as if Donald was going
TO come aboard Then it would reel off
again, and the dance take up it's furious
measure once more. Now and then "a
brief cessation of hostilities would tran
spire, which occasions both parties filled
III with earnest inquiries as to the
exact shape of the next evolution; espe
cially did little Humbug seem anxious to
keep track of these little details Per
haps he thought it vital for him to know
IN time to get up some sort of makeshift
counter that would last him around the
ring and back again. Then, with a rush
and snort, a Shrek and a wild leap, the
two would go revolving and whirling
about like chain shot once more, one of
them trying to slack the line, and tie
other to haul it taut. The Hammerers
eyes got to blazing like head lights, while
the troubled victim of his own native
Smartness went yawing, heeling and
tumblIng about like a spider fight
Plainly my side was getting the worst of
II, but somehow was given the grace to
bear it. l seemed to have no end of
courage. and am glad it happened so.
Tor Just along where we were then it had
begun to look like the saddest time of
all the year, mother. Evidently, if things
held up as they were going. our name was
mud AS l saw it, either that line had to
part the sl5gep to ravel out like cast off
stocking, or else my monkey must take
the alternative of getting rammcd beyond
recognition, or of flying into bits like hen
feathers ina furry by force of his own
eXertions
But just as things began to look dark
est for us a something flashed by and
Whlzzed into the house. 1t was our side
The tie had failed, and we were free.
No, it isn't every bit of string that will
do to tie to every sheep you find lying
around. In some eases you might as well
hitch up to pestilence and be done
with it.
Now after this blunder in the matter of
hitch, the confusion of hitcher and
hltchee, 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 a win
dow, drew the print curtains slightly
apart, and became wiser, for there was
my unterrihed, unrepentant little beast
pottering about the room Just as indus
trlously and as blithely as if he had not
but just narrowly escaped being butted
out as flat as gun wad by a sheep. The
room was Graham S, and was used as a
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 l 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 greatness. Mark" said he, by
way Of contrast, the hundreds and thou
sands of tributes in bronze and marble
that England erects i'll 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 Pakenham, he
seemed vexed, and grew unccmplimen-
tary. In fact, some OF his language was
not up to even 4 moderate standard of
acoustical responsibility.
For this reason YVES disposed to chance
my property in there Perhaps, too, I
was beginning to realize thGt the Asian
tee was more than half right when he
said, The too trick" st all events, let
him proceed.
After hopping about the room on his
hind legs for time, he seemed satisfied
with the preliminaries, and iabbered some
to himself in a small, contented fashion.
Then, with a squeak, he Jumped and
grabbed a small stuffed fish from the
beak of taxidermized pelican, and sat
down on the floor to examine into details
Of construction. This latter action in
Guided analysis; analysis, dissection; and
dissection placed synthesis among those
things which cannot be done. His next ex-
ercisG brought tLGpelican to the floor, and
along with it two parrots. Then he shivered
four ounce jar of quinine, and scattered
its contents along with the shattered glass,
over the floor and among the feathers of
the oyerhfrneds A cobra gave him soals1
little alarm at first, but not for longs 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 theq gave it a haul and
snatch that retired it into 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 a single board, and pro-
ceeded to ''scutf" around the room with
this in tow. This kittenish operation
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