Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-09-13
Muriel bent forward once more in an


agony of suspense. "Oh, go on. good
Poll!" she cried Co on. Remember
it. Did proceed To-
The single syllable helped Methuse-
labs memory. did proceed to
stealthily pluck the Tough, and. hav-
ing shown the same to Fire and Water.
the guardians OF the Taboo, did boldly
challenge to single com bat the bodily
tenement of the god, with spear and
Ratchet, provided for me in accordance
with ancient custom by Fire and
Water. In which combat, Heaven
mercifully befriending me against my
enemy, did COON cut conqueror: and
was thereupon proclaimed Too-Keela-
Keela myself, with ceremonies too
many and barbarous to mention, lest [
raise your gorge at them. But that
which is most important to tell you for
your own guidance and safety, 0 ma
rlner, is this-that being the sole and
only end L have in imparting this his
tory to so strange a messenger-that
after you have by craft plucked the
sacred branch, and by force of arms
overcoOm Too-Keel a-keela, it is by all
means needful. whether you will or
not, that submitting to the hateful and
gentle custom of this people-of this
L
God save God save the king. Death
to the nineteenth year of the reign OF
all arrant knaves and roundheadS.
He dropped his head on his breast,
and blinked his white eyelids more
feedly than ever. His strength was
failing him fast. The Soul Of all dead
parrots was wearing out. M. Peyron,
who had stood by all this time, not
knowing in any way what might by the
value of the birds disclosures. came
forward and stroked poor Methuselah
with his caress;ng hand. But Me-
thuselah was incapable now of any
further effort. He opened his blind
eyes sleepily for the last, last time, and
stared around him with a blank stare
at the fading universe. "God save the
king" he screamed aloud with ter
rible gasp, true to his colOrs still.
''God save the king, and to hell with
all papists."
Then he fell of his perch, stone
dead, on the ground. They were
never to hear the conclusion of that
strange, quaint message from for
gotten age to our more sceptlcal CEN
fury.
Felix looked at MurieI, and Muriel
looked at Felix. They could hardly
COuIdlH themselves WIFI awe anu sur
prise. The parrot S words were so hui
man, its speech was so real to them,
that they felt as though the English
Tu-Kila-Kila of 200 years back had
really and truly been speaking to them
from that perch; it was human Great
ure indeed that lay dead before
them. Felix raised the warm body
from the ground with positive rever-
ence. 1--WE will bury it decently," he
said in French, turning to M. Peyron.
''He was a plucl1y bird, indeed and he
has carried out his masters intentions
nobly.'
AS they spoke, a little rustling
in the Jungle hard by at
tracted their attention. Felix turned
to look. A stealthy brown figure
glided away in silence through the
tangled brushwood. M. Peyron started.
I'VE are observed, monsieur" he
said. 1--WE must look out for squalls.
1t is one of the yes of Tu-Kila-Kila.. -
LET him do his worstn Felix an
swered. I'VE know his secret now,
and can protect ourselves against him
[ ct us return to the shade, monsieur,
and talk this all over. Methuselah
has indeed given us something to-day
very serious to think about"