The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-06
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER s. 1894.


best. But no sooner was mis- masters at
tentiOn given elsewhere than he would
lump down and set about cOLtrivlng and
executing some piece Of mischief So in
corrigibly mischievOus did he become at
last that he had TO be chained up. or no
ornaments OF any kind would have been
left in the house He had a wonderful
instinct for fragile and breakable arti-
Giles. and n he could capture vase or
tumbler. he would speed with it TO the
top Of the highest tree 10 the garden, and,
chatterng loudly, throw it down.
But Jeremiah's greatest and most re-
markable feat was stealing a dog. The
animal was not a valuable one, for il was
only common black pdriah, or village
dog; but though Jeremiah did not dis
play much taste for canine beauty, he
was a good Judge of canine character, Tor
Kalu was the sweetest tempered Of slaves
and playfcllOws TO him. When Jeremi-
abs master was moving from one sta
tiOn to another, the monkey, then quite
a young thing, was sent TO march with
the syCes and the horses, and a
new English dog cart. II was
thought that in the latter Jer-
emiah might ride, as his tender
years seemed TO unfit him for long
march. However, he had not gone far
before two buttons were twisted of the
cushions, hole bitten in the cloth and
the monkeys little hand busily engaged in
drawing out handfuls OF stuf1ing. Jere-
miah was, therefore, condemned TO walk,
and a very weary little monkey, dusty
and thirsty, arrived at the end of the
long days march And apparently
one can only guess at the processes of an
animals mind jeremiah thought il over,
and decided ii was not good enough.
He was well and amply supplied with
food, and The men noticed that he chose a
black dog out Of the crowds that hung
about the camp, and offered it part of his
evening meal The next day the dog fol-
lowed the march. and the monkey, be
quilting him within reach of his chain,
jumped on his back, proceeding the dog
in no way resented. Every day the same
thing was repeated, and jeremiah rode
the whole of the remaining eight miles,
the syces being highly delighted at his
sharpness. At night Jeremiah fed Kalu
with a part of his own supper, and slept
curled up near his friend. The two had
game of play in the mornings and as
soon as the march began, Jeremiah, APP
parently to the perfect satisfaction of the
dog, mounted his steed as a matter of
course
When they reached their destination.
Kalu was at once adopted into the family,
and was committed to the care of the dog
boy and allowed regular ration like the
other dogs. He rapidly grew sleek, and
with his soft, brown eyes, his keen, long
face and black coat, he was by no means
bad-loOking thus giving another in
stance OF the weIl-known identifying eff
fects Of prosperity. Though Kalu be-
came attached to his master, his friend
ship for Jeremiah never wavered; and as
strict orders had been given that tue two
friends were not to be interfered with,
they slept and played and fed together as
before.
At last a tragedy separated them, Kalu,
though fat and sleek and wearing q col
lar that marked him as private property,
was an unmistakable pariah; and Just
about that time foolish and cruel Gus
tom mad arisen in the station of shooting
these animals, whose services are really
valuable as scaVengers The nominal
reason given for this was that the bark
ing of stray dogs was annoying a night;
the real one, that to shoot few pariahs
afforded a pleasant variation to the
of the subalterns' Sundays So
poor kalu met his fate, which neither a
collar nor his many virtues could avert
from him. Sad TO relate, Jeremiah
shO wed no sorrow for the death of
his friend. 1t is true he could not
have looked sadder than he did
before, but he did not apparently
miss his playfellow, and Immediately
i
English spaniel. Now, Dash was ex-
tremely careful of his dignity, which was
terribly outraged by jeremiah. At af-
ternoon tea time jeremiah was generally
set free, as then his friends could look
after him, anu he was always given some
cake and bread and butter as his share of
the meal. The cake was too nice to be
wasted, SO jeremiah ate as much as he
could and filed his pouches with the rest.
nd
served for the humiliation of poor Dash.
jeremiah would advance in an engaging
manner, holding a large and well-but-
tered piece of bread toward Dash's nose.
The dog would try to ignore his enemy,
knowing that it was unlawful to
attack him; but at last, overcome
by the smell Of the food, would make
dart at it, and in moment jeremiah
executed sOmerSault over his back
pulling or biting his tail on the way. Then
Dash growled and snapped; but his
enemy was already seated on the curtain
pole or some other place of vantage, from
which he was looking amiably down at
the sufferer.
jeremiah came into the possession of
the writer about the time when the late
Prof. Romanes' book on animal lntelli-
gence' was published, and the monkey
was carefully watched to discover if
possible, both the extent and Limits of his
intelligence. His mind was certainly
full of thoughts, but these were malevo-
lent ana mischievous ones. No trace of
that elementary moral sense which dogs
show could be detected in him No
doubt he was capable of a passionate
affection; but, so far as could be OBJ
served, it was purely a selfish love A
COwardly, greedy little animal, he recog-
nized there were people with whom he
was safe, and who were sure to feed him.
He was afraid of punishment, but his fear
was very like the conscience of many
people-it acted too late to prevent him
from doing what he knew he ought not:
or rather, as in human beings, the desire
in the present was stronger than any fear
Of the future.
Jeremiah's exit was worthy of his ca
reer Once moro his master was on the
move, and he had decided TO give the
monkey away instead of taking him
with him. AS he went out TO
mount his horse when leaving the
bungalow, he behEld Jeremiah" come
from one of the rooms where packing was
going on, and hop across the carriage
drive. Under his arms were two cher
lShed Venetian glass vases a metal orna-
ment was in one hand and a small pair of
bellows in the other. His pouches were
clstended with stolen dainties. With a