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

unaer the sun. And vet the wretcba5
oiu fraud was not in the least die+,,rbo5
~ tne awkward manner in which III
injurious transactions had rebounded =
SITUATION and a state of affairs ID
winch had already begun to feel Iono-
some and tired. | was vbinnod -
hacked from the start. But not 60 III
oid Potsdam. He even contrived IN Sow
IaCtered by their attentions Tbroro-L
ms attitude he seemed to saw. ~ s,n
waiting for you to finish. then I viii ,,ro
eeed TO show you that you are snffer;n q
from an acute attack of bone in tbn hood
!, understand your objections. and find
tnen MI. You are a scurvy LOT and +ba
"nole OF you couldn't bait a bird tran I
VIII try and give you a lesson in GOV,
merce before | finish, when once 7 rot =
chance to speak. So q
WHITE man no hab skin like So " he
began in all solemnity, while he noin+ad
a finger at me. ~ poill'eoi
NOW what this had to do with if and
why ne should drive the question with
9uoh d magnificent sweep, or indeed al all
could not see. He appeared to me to be
6eUtHig muddy; moreover, ] determined
That III the event | ever found mvsaIf
overstocked with mutton again 7 would
not establish floating branch house with
MN at the head. Briefly, | thought he
was cropping. Two minutes afterward 7
saw that his very accent was metbodical
craft, and acknowledged him supreme.
1as, he hab de skin" admitted tbe
spokesman of the indictments; and his
wrath began to show signs of giving wav
as ne dld so. Evidently he too was wonder.
ing where the Great Fetch the old fooI
was going '00''
;. ne no hab country long time gone from
dlS! asked Potsdam, slowly
1as, he country long time gone" was
conceded, somewhat anXiouslyS
He no hab ship to ketch him countrv2''
Vas, with distinct anxiety this time
1t no take ship six moon to ketch dat
country" N'''
Vas, meekly.
Den why he poke no hab hawns an
why he bullock no hab foot, like so?''
In other words, what do Won know
about the far away home of the White
stranger? and what do you know of the
relation of horns and hoofs as accidents
OF the white mans cattle in that distant
land? His skin, his habits, his achieve.
ments, and his native land are unlike
your own. BY what right, then. resting
within your own limited knowledge. do
you propose to restrict him to h0rnless
hog and to cOnventionality in bullock
feet?
This was enough. About went the
boats, and down the river scurried the
whole flock as fast as flashing paddles
could drive their clumsy crafts along.
leaving my unupsettabe old liar standing
squarely on his feet. But whether he had
convinced them that they did not know
bread fruit from gourds when it came to
question of foreign commerce, or
whether they abandoned him in despair
because they considered him such an I'M
speakable fool that it were folly to CON
test the matter with him, | have often
wondered.
No, | didn't give them back their oil.
for they ate my mutton first, and then
attempted to repudiate the transaction
afterward.
SO, because eXpediency and gratitude
were both enlisted with the Ashantee. !
accepted the monkey, tied him by the
neck to post of the veranda, and resumed
my seat and pipe. This left the donor
nothing else to do than to walk off, and
! picture he made of it as he went Black,
| oily and stately, the leading features of
! his dress were a sadly battered miners
! hat and tired looking pair of sailors
| trousers, belted on with leather strap,
from which dangled bayonet scabbard
| that had evidently seen hard service up
at the English garrison at Sierra Leone.
| Nevertheless, Notwithstanding this in
congruity of accouterment, he had a
stately seeming about him as he stalked
away.
But the monkey? As large as a cat,
legs like a spiders, tail like an ugly,
wiggly strip of unrest, hair reddish and
coarse, black, Ubiquitous face, eyes small
unsteady, and lit with sin; take these and
take my monkey. There he sat, grinning
and chattering in small, idle way, and
| looking like an illustration of crude unre-
! generation.'
| l fixed my eyes upon him. He returned
! the stare. Plainly we were about to be
come acquainted. Presently l got tired
! of a sort of thing that was fast growing
! to be a mutual gloat, and looked away.
! In a few minutes | was DOING, but very
! shortly awollc, and opened my eyes in
time to see that little yoke fellow of ras-
cality leave off tampering with the rolling
hitch which | had used i'll knotting his
cord to the post, in order to substitute
! the mild pretense of a flea hunt for his
real purpose. OF course | Immediately
went to sleep again. That is to say,
| yelled my eyes with lowered lids and
lashes, and surreptitiously watched for a
renewal of his attentions to that knot.
! Presently he ventured a furtive glance in
my direction; then, as if satisfied with
the result, he threw off his disguise, and
resumed his original occupation. Two
minutes more and he was free. | know
it has the appearance of coming it
strong" to say that he had gotten the
mastery over a rolling hitch, and throw
upon the facts of the case tho RESPONSE
bility for the statement. For certain it
is that by his own unfagging industry
he had fingered out enforcement of
tongue and buckle, line and line, and was
at liberty.
But the first use to which he put his
enlarged estate was a mistake.
Now lying close by in semi-torpid CON
dition was nasty tempered butting ma
chine owned by our Scotch doctor. This
batfer1ng engine was an African ram that
had black and white hair for a covering
instead of wool and that was liable to
RIM amuck at anv moment. The doctor
had aptly named his brute for Il certain
ilIustrious Gaelic chicken thief Graham
whom history calls Donald Nan Ord. And
beautifully did the sheep assert with his
name. for he was Il veritable son of d ham
mer, and though a pet, was esteemed q
hard wad. With a brow made on the
mold of stock turnip. front of solid
botne. and a bad moral way about him,
Donald was known to be Il bit of a whanger
whom he once got a-rocking. Without
piving the situation moments study
that sheep deserved considerat;on-my
monkey grabbed up the end Of his string,
dropped stealthily from the floor of the
veranda. and went sagging gently off over
the ground toward the doctors ram. Evi-
IDENTIFY eoinr to monkey" a bit, thought;
! - L ;a..+,-rnd thnt he didn't half