New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-23
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"JERENIAN.'
A GENTLEMAN FROM THE HIMALAYAs.

A GENTLEMAN FROM THE HIMALAYAs
From The London Spectator.
Jeremiah" was a monkey, common brown
MONKEY OF the nimalayas. lie derive! his name
from the pathos Of his eXpresslOn Tor OUT OF
strange puckercd wlzcned little Old face looked two
soft brown eyes that Infinitely sad. Never
indeed was the depth OF their liquid meaneholy so
profound as when the curious nitle mind behind
them was Gcv!sing welcomes; for "Jcre-
miah" was pcriect picture OF unTegencIa'c man
1t was once sail-perhaps With more Wit than Wiz
dorn-that a certain Viceroy OF India. long since
passed away had the appearance OF an Ita,ldn or.
GAM grinder and the morals Of his monkey, but not
even that unscrupulous statesman could have been
more entirely devoid OF moral sense thln Jere,
inah." Fear of punishment the monkey had and
when doing something he well knew 10 be wrong
he would utter shr!Il screams OF ter'or, WouSh
Possibly, ike the Twins" Of modern hction ne felt
OF one thing. however Jeremiah was capable,
and that was a passionate and touching arec-
ton. lie undoubtedly loved his master ana u
ding Himself into the arms Of his friend after a
short absence, and the way the wrnki s on MS
sion Of having the cares Of TIE eyes on ms mn:
pass from his eyes. as he looked at me lace ne
loved best Eut no sooner was ms master atten,
ton given elsewhere than he would jump down and
set about con;rvins ana executing some piece OF
mischief so incorrisiby mischi"v0us ia ne become
at last that he had TO be chained up. or nc orna-
ments Of any Kind would have ben isn IN thS
house He had a wonderful instinct Tor irasie ana
brenkabe articles. and II he could capture i vase
of the highest tree in the garden and chaterhs
Loudly. throw il down.
But "Jeremlahs greatest ana most Teihdihd"ie
feat was stealing dog The animal was hot o. a
valuable one. for 1t was only a common Diack "a,
not display much taste for canine beauty ne was
q good judge Of canine character, iot ha;u was
him. When .'Jeremiah's' master was moving from
station to another, the monkey tHeh quite
y Se so fsns and MdS new English dogar II
thought that in the latter jeremiah mighl rae:
as his tender years seemed TO UNIT him for !ohs
march However. he had not gone iar ppclo'f 49,, t"o
and h.. pv'
engaged in drawing out hanlfuls OF the stuihng;
Jeremiah" therefore condemncd TO walk nm, ana
arrived at the end Of "A long days march. And APP
parenyiTor ON ol gn ? though, 4 over
and decided ii was not good enough .
lie was well ana amply supplied with food and
the men noticed that he chose black dog out %
the crowds that hung about ine camp ana Hh'It!
followed the march and the monkey. besi",hs MN
within reach Of his chain. jumped on ms i''t;
proceeding the dog IN way resented EVER aly
The whole Of the remaining eighty miles me s{ce.
being highly delighted at his SHARPNESS, ~ MINT
jeremiah" fed "KAlu" with rtrt 81 ms @ 91H
supper and slept cured ~ near ms iaie'n, ~
o 'i as no r,arch bean jeremiah" apparently
to the pcrfcc, satisfaction of the dog mounted MS
-fa.l nea ma Of
When thcy reached their destination "Kau' was
az once adopted into the fnm!iy an w@1
To the care Of the dog BOY ana h'i1Wer -,
ration Ike the Other dogs. He r1p.I.y grow S,rN
and WIKI his soft brown eyes ms IN iaong
and black coat he wa by no nr"n- "a! t,y nm
thus giving another instance 81 M wr" .fH.,
NsaufifVing effects OF prosperity l''ih4 ~.
hcca,ac attached to his mas'gr his friendship for
Jeremiah" never waver'd. ana az str'c' o,i'sS
had been given that the 'wo friends W.r' not 70 h'
intorfcrcI with. they slept and payei ana ie' TO-
cethcr as before ,..... .,..s
fat and sleek ana wearing collar that marker
him as private nrororty. was an unmiS,ak1h'e raII
custom had arisen In me station 81 salo''E 'heSr
animals. who's services ar" really ya!Iab' A. sen.
cngers The nominal reason given fcr ms w's tla'
the barking Of stray dogs was annoying AZ nignt:
the real one. that to shoot fcw Pnriehs 3HoIlt'
a,, p,TGs" sundav So r5or Kau' met his fate
which neither a co.ar nor MS m1Ay virtues cou1
no surrow for The delth q his tTent i, sc,dr" %
he could not have 'ookci "aan.r KIN ,e,ow ana
Immediately turned his ai,sni9n 70 'S@s"s sx..ncv
by Jeremiah" ~ afternoon iea-'ine .Jers-
mah was gsnera.y st tFss, ~ ,"s laws given
rDeai the cafe was too rice 90 De wasted. 50
IIrnmlah' eie as much a. hc could. en-! nGed his
pouchcs with the rcst. Thc bread ana butter how
ever was reserved for ne limitation of p2nr
casing manner. holding ~, LIZ 90" ro., The doe
roIld ,ry 20 irnorc ne enemy know.nc That - Wa
unlawful 80 attack him tp' az la "VsTco"e ~
ard il moment Jeremiah" executed s''nersanli
Thcn Dash frowlc! ana snapyef nnl ms encm 'y
wss already seated On he c9r'2.n-p9!e or s2n n'
other pace ~ vaniagr, r. IN WIZ" "' "'' '7
'iepy came Inn, The possession Of tho writer
about he TINE when tie la'" Professor N9nah'o
hook on animal lat .lli~rIcr" was published. H;Il
Inc rronkcy was carefully watched - discover. ~
osshle both 80. on;,nt asa Nr.t~ 81 ms .htt.,.-
r.uc, His min! WAS certainly ful OF thoughts
Ant those were mal"yoi,nf auI ui..hic' ,'s "n"-.
10 trnce"of shat 81. mcu'ary moral .rh4r Wn,
docs shcyY could b. detected u him 40 doubt h"
vas capable - 4 pasal.nafr affection rut. 50 Id'
as could bs IV,d. 30 "1s I'' - selfish lnFe,
4 cowarllv grcctv iit'lc animal. hc rN'otnT
fhcre werc pcople with whom Do wa safe. ana VINO
,ycre eiirn H. fecl him He was a!lail Of punish
mcnt but hl. fca: vas very IKE 20" c'u-t'hcr oi
man uror!e-lf acted too .atc - prevent MIN IRON
-. 10. tfuhf ma III
human d. RS the dc,!re ~ the present Was hl 'he
or than any fer ~ the future. iiu' 90" thi.f va.
ii, In ana that was that though cuuh not He sald
Inc monkey WAS as advanced ~ Intelligence dS tnc
dog vet there was Obvious resemblance ~ ms
ncnfal processes 20 those Of moral ana liTc-
enonsih, man which Is not g. be- seen IN any oth'r
same sort Of curious but Incomplete resemblance t.
thr human mind that his boy had to The body OF
a NAN II g. rnposs ,hle In fact. 10 live long WITH
ME-, wi,hout having our belief strengthened In
tbot aIeIIke ancestor ~ arborcal HABITS OF which
we are tod by tome writer