The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-01

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/ had not seen for 50 long, 3" replied Dog.
Then you go and bring my little ones
/ TO me. Poor little dears, they must be
hungry by this time" commanded the
mistress.
Dog departed readily, thinking to him
self. He soon returned bearing one Of the
cubs, and laid it down.
Bring the other one, quickly" cride
Leopardcss
Eyes, ma am, Immediately he said.
Dog took the same cub up again, but in
brief time returned with it. The cub,
already satisfied, would not eat.
go and bring the other one, stupid"
cried Leopardess, observing that it would
This is the other one, Mistress" he
replied.
'Then why does it not eat2'' sheiasked
"Perhaps it has not digested its dinner.
LeOpardess, whose suspicious had been
aroused, followed him as he entered the
doorway leading into the inner recess of
the house where the crib was placed.
Having placed the living near the dead
cub in the crib, Dog turned to leave,
when he saw his dreaded mistress in the
doorway, gazing with fierce, distended
eyes and it flashed on him that she had
discovered the truth, and fear adding
speed to his hmps he darted like an
arrow between her legs and rushed out of
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pardess sprang after him. Just as one
would think Dog had no hope of escaping
from his fierce mistress, he saw wart
hogs burrow, into which he instantly
| Owed Leopardess arrived at the hole in
the ground as the tail of the dog disap
peared from her sight.
DOGS STRATEGY.
Rejecting a while, Leopardess looked
around and saw Monkey near by, sitting
gravely on a branch watching her
Come down, Monkey she imperative
ly demanded, land sit by this burrow
and watch the numbering slave who is
within, while 1 procure materials to
smoke him"
Monkey obeyed, and descending the
tree took his position at the mouth of the
| burrow. He begged Leopardess to stay
awhile while he went TO bring a rock
with which he would block the hole
surely. When this was done Leopardess
said; Now, stay here and do not stir I'M
til | return, will not be long, and mean
to fix him"
Leopardess then commenced to collect a
large quantity of dry grass, and then pro-
| ceeded to her house to procure fire where
with to light it and suffocate Dog with
the smoke.
After awhile dog crept close to the rock
that blockaded his exit and whispered:
Monkey, let me OUT there's a good
fellow"
1T may not be" replied Monkey.
Then said Dog: Let me say one word
more to you before die. Put your head
close to me that you may hear it.''
Monkey, curious to know what the last
word could be about, put his face close
between the rock and the earth and looked
in, upon which Dog threw so much dust
and sand into his cunning eyes as almost
to blind him.
Monkey staggered back from the en-
trance, and while knuckling his eyes to
rub the nd out Dog put his forefeet
against the rock and soon rolled it away.
Then Dog fed like the wind from the dan
gerOus spot.
When Leopardess returned she was
very angry and furiously cried:
You wretch, you have deceived and
trihed with me. You have permitted the
murderer of my cub to escape, and your
life shall now be the forfeit for his"
HOW MONKEY SAVED HIMSELF.
Pardon, mighty Leopardess, but let
me ask how do you propose to Stay me}"
'Wny, miserable slave, how else should
l kill you but with one scratch Of my
claws2"
Is ssRNay, then, great queen. 1t is better
for yourself that you should toss me up
above that thornY Dough so that when l
| fall upon it the tnOrns may penetrate my
| heart and kill me-"
No sooner had Monkey ended than
| fierce Leopardess tossed Monkey upward
| as he had directed, but the latter seized
the bough and sat up, and from this he
sprang up into another still higher, and
thence from branch to branch and from
tree to tree, until he was safe from all
possible pursuit.
Leopardess perceived that another of
her intended victims had escaped, and
was furious with rage.
Come down this instant" she cried to
Monkey, hoping he would obey her
NAY, Leopardess. 1t has been told me,
and the forest is full of the report, that
your cruelty has driven from you Jackal
and Dog, and that they will never more
serve you again. Cruel people never can
reckon upon friends 1 and my tribe, so
long servants to you, will henceforth be
strangers to you. Fare you well"
| A great rustling was heard in the trees
overhead as Monkey and his tribe mi
grated away from the district of the
cruel Leopardess, who, devoured with
rage, was obliged to depart with not one
Of her vengeful thoughts gratifed.
! AS she was returning to her den Loop
ardess bethought herself of the Oracle,
who was her friend, who would no doubt,
at her solicitation, reveal the hiding
| places Of Jackal and Dog.
| To this curious being she related her
| story, and requested him TO inform her
by what means she could discover the
| criminals and wreak her vengeance on
| them
The Oracle replied: 'Jackal has gone
into the wild wood and he and his family
hepceforward win remain there, to de-
generate in time into suspicious and
| cowardly race. Dog has fled to take his
shelter in the home of man, to be his COM
panion and friend and to serve man
| against you and your kind. But will
| tell youhow you maycatch Dog Not far
of Is village belonging to one of the hui
man tribes, near which there is large
ant-hill, where moths every morning
! gather to play in the sunshine of the early
day. About the same time Dog leaves
| the village to sport and gambol and chase
the moths. If you can find lurking
! place not far from it where you can lie
| silently in wait Dog may be caught by you
in an unwary wom~nt while at his daily
! play. l have spoken"
DOGS FINAL ESCAPE.
Leopardess thanked the Oracle and re-
tired, breeding over its advice That
night she stole out of her den and discov-
cred the village. Near the ant-hill she
found thick bush. In the depths of this
she crouched. AT dawn the village was
astir, and at sunrise the gates were
opened. A little later Dog came out to
take his morning exercise. Unsuspicious