The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-01
ANIMALS FIRST ENMlTY.
Stanley Tells How Hatred Grew in
the Forest.
The Leapardess' Servants-Jackai and
Dog and the Latter's Fatal Love for
Marrow Bones.

II. NJ. Stanley in the New York Press.
Long ago in the early age of Uganda, a
Leopardess had for her servants ackal
and Dog. She fed them well with meat
but forbade them to eat OF the bones
which were left These she collected
and stored in the interior of the cave
Now Dog loved bones with a great appe-
tite. When his feelings had become in
tolerable he resolved to appeal to his mis-
tress.
Mo- roared Leopardess decisively,
"that is positively forbidden; and let me
warn you that If you ever steal bone
be assured a strange event will happen
which shall have most serious conse-
quences to you and all in this house.
The alarming words Of Leopardess had
the effect of compelling Dog and Jackal
for awhile to desist from even thinking of
marrow. Day after day Leopardess
sailed out from her den, and returned
with kids, goats, sheep, antelOpes, zebra,
and often young giraffe, and one day she
brought buffalo to her hOusehould, and
CUBS and servants came running to greet
her and praise her successful hunting.
DOG YIELDS TO TEMPTATION.
On this day Dog undertook to prepare
the dinner The buffalo meat was cooked
IN exquisite fashion and when it was
turned out of the great pot, steaming and
trlckling over everywhere with juice, and
Dog caught sight of a thigh bone and
yellow marrow glistening within, the
temptation to steal it became too great to
resist. He contrved to whip the bone
out of the pot and slyly hide it.
Toward evening Mistress Leopardess
went out again. Dog snilingly followed
his mistress to the door, wishing her
every success. When he thought that his
mistress was far enough, and Jackal well
occupied with the cubs, Dog fastened to
the kitchen, and, taking up his bone, car
ried it TO considerable distance
When he thought he was safe from OBJ
servation, he lay down, and, placing the
bone between his paws was about to in
dulge his craving for marrow, when 10 the
bone was seen to fly away back to the
den Wondering at such a curious event,
furious at his appointment, and some
what alarmed as he remembered Loop
ardess's warning words, he rushed after
it, crying;
"Jackal, Jackal shut the door; the
bone is coming. Jackal, please shut the
door - f,,-
Jackal fortunately was at the door
squatting on his launches, having Just
arrived there from nursing the cubs, and
he saw the bone coming toward him.
Jackal closed the door Just in time, for in
about a second afterward the bone struck
the door with a tremendous force, dent
ing it deeply.
SAVED JUST IN TIME.
Then Jackal returned angrily to Dog
on recovering from his establishment and
said IF Mistress Leopardess hears of
this your life it not worth a feather"
Soon after LeOpardess returned with
small antelope for the morrow's break
fast, and cried out TO Jackal as was usual
with her on returning from the hunt:
"Now, my. Jackal, bring the cubs hither.
How are the little ones?"
"Ah, very well, maam poor little
dears, they have been in a sweet sleep
ever since you went out
A few days later Leopardess brought a
fat young zebra, and Jaci1al displayed his
best skill in preparing it for dinner Just
before sitting down to the meal, Leopard
ess heard-.a strange noise without. and
h bounded to the door, growing angrily at
being disturbed. Dog instantly seized
the opportahitY'of her absence to extract
a bone from one,Ofsthe trays and slowed
it in recess in the wall Presently
Ieopardess came back, and, when the
cubs were bought, the meal was pro-
ceeded with in silence.
In the afternoon Leopardess, having re-
freshed herself with a nap, sailed out
once more, enjoining Jackal, as she was
going, to be attentive to her little ones
during her absence.
BE YIELDED AGAIN.
While his friend Jackal proceeded to-
ward the cubs Dog surreptitiously alb
stracted his bone from the cavity in the
passage wall and trotted out unobseryed.
When he had arrived at a secluded place
he lay down, and, Selling the bone be-
tween his paws, was about to give it
preliminary lick, when again to his dis
may and alarm, the bone flew up and
away straight for the door. Dog flew af-
ter il as fast as his limbs would carry
him, crying out:
"Oh, Jackal, Jackal. good Jackal Shut
the door, good Jackal.n
Again Jackal heard his friends cry,
and sprang up to close the door, and the
instant he had done so The bone struck il
with dreadful force.
Turning to the crestfallen and painting
dog, JackAl said sternly: you are a nice
fellow, You are. [ viii see the end of YOU
Now listen, this is the last time will help
you, my friend. The next time YOU take
bone you will bear the consequences, so
look out.n
Come, Jackal, now don't say any more /;
will not look at bone again, 1 make
you a solemn promise.
Poor Dog, however, was by no means
able to adhere to his promise, for a few
days afterward Leopardess brought a fat
young Gland, and he found an opportunity
w dOSIi dGb a lnG uldIIOW DOuG DtIOTG
serving his mistress Late in the after
noon, after dinner and siesta Leopardess,
before going out, repeated her usual
charge to Japkal, and while the faithful
servant retired to his nursing duties, the
greedy Dog sought his bone and stole out
to the forest with it. This time he went
farther than usual. Jackal, meanwhile,
finding the cubs indisposed for sleep, led
them out to the door of the den, where
they frisked and gamboled about. Jackal
was sitting at distance from the door
when he heard the cries of Dog "Oh,
Jackal, Jackal. good JaCkal Shut the
door quickly. Look out for the bone. 1t
is coming, Shut the door quickly"
AT LAST THE FATAL CONSEQUENCE.
"Hah, hah friend Dog At it again,
eh}n said the Jackal. 1T is too late, too
late Doggie, dear, the cubs are in the
doorway" He looked up, however, saw
the bone coming with terrific speed,
heard it whiz as it few close over his
head, and almost Immediately after it
struck one of the cubs, killing it in
stantly.
When Jacl1al realized the consequences
of Dogs act, and his own carelessness,
and perceived that henceforth Leopardess'
den would be no home for him, he re-
solved to escape. Just then Dog came up,
and when he saw the dead cub he set up a
piteous howl.
"Ay," said Jackal. "You fool, you be-
gin to see what your greed has brought
upon US all. Howl on, my friend, but