The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-02
THE STORY OF JANG.
Further "Reminiscences Of Major Carr
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"Did you ever own a dog, Uncle Major?'
asked Jack
"Or a kitten?" put in Mollie.
yes. indeed. ! have" said the major.
II guess / must have owned "A hundred
dots and a thousand cats ia my life. To
be sure some of the dogs were iron and
brass. but was just as fond of them
as If they had been made Of plush or
lambs wool They were so quiet, these
iron dogs were; and brass dogs never
barked or snapped at any one"
Il never saw q brass dog said Moilie.
what good IS hep
"Oh. be's apt 20 be very useful I'm win
ter" the major replied. MY brass dogs
used to guard my fireplace and keep the
blazing logs from rolling out into my
toom and setting fire TO the rug the
Khan OF Tartary gave me for saving his
life from herd Of Antipodes he and
were hunting In the Himalaya noun
taina."
Il don't see what you needed dcgs to do
that for" said Jack. ~ fender. would
have done Just as we'll"
"Or pair Of and-lrons" suggested Mol
Ito
That's what these dogs WERE" said
the major They were fire-dogs, and fire.
dogs are and-irons"
Jacks iips pressed tightly together. and
tnto MolIies eyes came n troubled look
~ was evident that revolving as the idea
was 70 them they thought the major was
Trying to deceive them. Noting their dis
pressure The major. inwardiy resolving
70 % careful how ne handled the truth.
Hnstened on with his story.
But dogs and carts were never nv
tsVorite animals" he said with NV
pets am quite az I am in regard 10
o'her THINGS. like 10 have pets that are
o.'neV oiilerent from tho pets Of other
people and that Is why in my day I
nave made companions OF such animals
as the sangaree and the camomile and
the-a h-the two-horned piccolo. I've had
.afne bees even-in fact my bees used to
pe inc wonder OF Slam. in which country
/. "ds stationed for three years, having
teen commissioned by a British company
W make study of its climate with
view 10 finding out IL II would pay the
Soihpany 10 90 into the ice business there.
eiam IL. as you have probably heard, a
very warm country, and as lee is rare
thing In warm countries these English
people thought they might make vast
fortune by sending tug-boats up 20 the
Arctic ocean. and with them capture and
TOW icebergs 20 Siam. where they might
De cut up and sold 10 the people at tre-
hehdous prOiit. The scheme was GER
tainly good one. and found many OF
the wealthy Siamese quite willing to sub
scribe for a hundred pounds OF ice a
week AT $40 pound. but IL never came
10 anything, because we had 10 means
vi preserving the iccbergs after we got
tnem Into the Gulf Of Siam. The water
was so bot that they melted before we
could cut them up and We nearly GOT
ourselves into very serious trouble with
.le coast people for that same reason.
An iceberg as YOU know. Is "A huge affair.
anu When dozen or two OF them had
inensd IN the gulf they added SO TO the
ouahtlty or water there that flftv miles
Vi the coast line were completely flooded.
anu thousands OF valuable fish. able Ia
i've In warm water only were so chilled
mat they got pneumonia and died. Yon
Gun readily imagine how Indignant the
Slahese fishermen were with my com,
pahy over The losses they had 10 hear
eu' their affection for me personally was
90 great that they promised not 10 sue
.ne company II / would promise NOT IN
iet .he Thing occur again. This promised
"e MI went well. But about the bees.
vas While l was living in BANGKOK
' ! had them, and they were truly
sho u','ui There was hardly anything
,"ose bees couldn't Go after I got them
.o.s iow did you tame them. Uncle Ma
'orf asked Jack
o.. ~e' on the eye. my boy" returned
a., siajor. L attracted their attention
nv .S anu 'htn held It, OF course 1 tried
re-, ''un on one bee first. He tanned the
w. a. ~, are very like children. They
~ " play stupts-I think Il Is called