The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-05-01
4 MYSTERIOUS s4ow.a.


zhs Man In the Yssd Below Saw sosus
Queer Things Como Down.
While at hotel in Townsville, Austria
liza, one morning, ! was at work skinning
some pathological specimens, mostly
ducks and herons. After awhile glanced
out at the window to look for place to
throw the bodies There was o livery sta
BILE almost directly beneath. with small
yard ct the back. thought could safely
throw the bodies into this yard, and then
when had finished the work go down and
remove them. So, wrapping newspaper
about the first one, dropped 1t out Of the
window. The fall was so great that the
paper split and exposed the skinned and
partly dissected body, puzzling study for
any one not q naturalist.
Fearing some one might pee It and make
me an object Of curiosity as l sat at the
open window, I closed the blinds, leaving
the stats partly open.
Pretty soon one of the stable hands, a
muscular Englishman, came out into the
yard, whistling. He stopped short on see
ing the wreck of the heron, turned it over
with his feet. shook his head, and going
into the stable brought back fork, with
which he threw the body over the fence.
In the light Of after events this seems
By this time heron No. Q was skinned,
and cautiously opening the blind threw
it down. The man could not have been far
away for he came out almost immediately,
looked hard at the many windows on the
side of the hotel, muttering to himself. and
then threw the body over the fence.
When No. was at last finished, there
was no one in the yard, but scarcely had
the body left my hand when the man
v,ru oI ot,k xrytt h rlr afoh
the fly turned and looked up at the win
dows. He was so quick that he nearly
caught me, but plainly he was still in doubt.
Look 'ere, you hup there, who hever
you harp he shouted, "this is gettin too
bloomin rich. 'Ow many ave you got of
'emP And what do you call the bloomin
mammals anyway never see such hugely
lookin corpses before hin my life"
In great disgust he threw the body over
the fence. and going into the stable brought
out harness, which he began to wash.
But every few moments he apostrophized
the side of the hotel thus
"Ain't hit about time to give hus another
onef"
Come, I'm gettin lonesome down 'ere."
TITS handsome work you must be doin
hup there"
man to 'elp youfV
The next bird was q very large heron, and
It occupied me so long that my talkative
friend below must have fancied that had
finished, or perhaps he had forgotten me.
He was still washing the harness, his back
turned to me, when at last the body landed
with loud thump In the yard behind him.
He jumped as II electrified, glanced at the
bundle of flesh and paper and groaned:
THAT'S a disgustfn sighti Look a ERE, !
amt paid to 'eave bloody corpses all my
time. wouldn't take the job hif you'd
give hit to me-"
Soon after this an older man came out Of
the stable, pushing cab ahead Of him,
upon which the two set to work with water
and sponges By this time / had finished
my last bird, and watching my chance
when they were both looking another way
l threw 1t high in the air. As it descended
the paper caught the eye of the older man,
and he exclaimed:
"Oh, look therel Whatever his thats"
At this the other man burst into a roar
Of laughter, and dropping his sponge held
his sides in paroxysm of mirth. The older
man stared alternately ut him and at the
dismembered body. At last he exclaimed:
"Whathever his the mattera What his
its"
His companion, scarcely able to gasp, at
length articulated;
"Oh, hits nothin. They comes out O. the
sky. Hits been rainin 'em ERE all the
mornin. IA Collectors Rambles."