New-York tribune., 1896-10-25

him to the dark He used TO carry th,nes nm o or
and hide them: Zig mun OF mine. thrice MS oWh Own
size suffered from two days exposure !" WIS
But Grip best fun with seven back eoI,,e ,hs
back premises | believe he was Jealous OF u ,nem, @
for they attracted much attention II n g., ,oy
away and II the pack started In numbering pnrsui,
Of the treasure the raven you'd Hr oYd sroaR
and scream in ludicrous Cant you le, POO, pJ a.
seher s.G rong fiS over in in heaps Grip his chanss
and hopping sideways, would hustle up 10 ne pa.
Strong Strong bill. iii the insuiied puppy yslpins with
pain assaulted whichever OF his brenreh rornS yI,1
ana apart sat looking as If such games made MIN
sad he saw his next 9pporiunidW rad narro, At bic
store She seemed qSet ana bS isok to snI ms AZ
shy but soon found she was H. shs .r ,ooH almsnr in
creased. would feebly nap her downy wings for M
1 so mv nrm nrr Glt ike 81 sick child She was peous
little parrot and sal up most OF Two % ns T for
comfort and really wish TO live. But her doom
was sealed when bought her. and she died within
| lrnve since heard-and II true so horrible scan
da demands attention--that these parrots are I'm,
ported into Europe under conditions worthy only OF
slave dhow Packed BY hurdreds is In ne hoIs ,fb Tt
snps ;s & ses Of 9Fs pha sx'H M GOS pned St O % their
The wretchcd survivors Of this bird hell reach the
fever after taxing Tor T. brief period ihe and
feelings OF their unucky purchasers. Never again
will buy IA parrot tha, has not been personally
conducted" from his own land. and | advise all
readers never TO invest In bird OF unknown ante
At Malta they brought small lady. a green
monkey. with long tail We named her Jean.
She sat gibberng with rage and terror, chained up,
but directly appeared on board sprang into my
and claimed her own sex's protection 1t
took me- At once. and she became our property.
living with us for some years. and eventually dying
Of Il very human" tumor so said our doctor. There
always struck me- az longing wstfully TO be some.
thing more. She was tempersome and impatient of
thwarted jabbered and suffered AT You. MI ON
your arms ana cuddle with shut eyes. making a
coaxng noise. Bu, soon. on the call OF inischiefs
spirit she would again away.
MIschief,-she was the spirit itself When out OF
big cage In the workroom where we kept her she
risk innoceniiy with kitten. or my poodle and
suddenly with whirl OF her whole self. send books.
And the little brute was strong. TOO once left
the RI afr 3 snnns hsT TO to- G Geay & Sha
had somehow dragged her chair TO n table caught
The cloth, and hooks. papers. inkstand lay on the
and Growing sotto voce with delight.
She biz freely and most people who meddled with
S o@ Sharp s She
disllked children; and especially those with BLACK
Professor Backie was once staying with US. Get;
ting warm the Enthusiastically disregarded
cited fashion, got near the fender to which Jean
was chained She watched him WIN hr her sharr ,rr
his legs He changed the subject and his position
wall on autumn evenings to stalk tand cap daddy
long-egs. She was very dexterouS and nippy.
| taclc she raved, screeched quivered, and finally
danced with fury. iii. as II shocked at her own
madness. she would rush and hide herself in our
arms. She and the poodle had rare romps gener.
ally ending In a row. But poodle never hurt Jean;
though that vixen tore Its curs merciessly The
monkey had horrid habit OF nibbling her ,, own vi.
tail-cnd and had to cut of the bitten bit TIL Its
length was much diminished Poor little stormy
cuddling ape we miss her YET but VIII , never d RE-
place her! One cannot teach them TO be clean. ana
they are wildly schievOuS
| | remember a prm and solemn butler exploding
wretch, after watching me for while suddenly
clambercu up. clutched the winegiass was raising
TO my mouth. and drank out OF II just as we would
In a few moments Jean was not quite sober,
Once brother OF mine climbed tree on lake
island to reach squirrels nest my father having
did to- bis Woods Four young squirrels jumped from
| the nest: he caught two. and brought them home
| 10 me One died. but the other became real pet.
| II would Chamber all about us. and romp through
the rooms as n they; and not the woods. were its
habitat by nature We got squirrel cage for Il
the animal TO take more than enough exercise.
"Scugg" very fond of romping round large
to chase him, boltng with whlsk OF his brush and
then rushing for refuge into the skirt OF ones
He would scramble up the cloth on to the .able
seize what pleased him. and hide the remains OF his
hit OF cucumber or celery in the chignons OF the
family heads. He loved climbing the curtains to
fear. caused his death. for he fell and though
at the time We noticed nothing he had injured his
wee leg. and died some little time after
| ! must have been very hard up for a pet when I
chose n hedgehog: He was a mere infant when |
acquired him. and soon ate from my hand. prefer
showed signs Of liveliness. fIe was called Aga
memnon the Hedgepg." to give him distinction. as
he he, had none & OF his own Once was playing with
He swan ou, spsnddy BUT sSH os the
| awful stencil that came out with himl ! looked