The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-23

al bargaining took place. the style OF
mounting. etc.. explained and priced an
the way from "a 10 SO. the woman de-
cidel upon d 81 :nojntas, ana tuiAli ID
80.
Excuse me-" said the taXidermist'
with much persuasive de,erence, "out we
make 10 Il rule. madame, to require Iull
nay i'm advance for mounting pets You
see, # they are left on our nanos there
would De no way Of our recOup.ng our
selves for labor and material expended.
10 isn't Ike any Of the rare specimens
you see about here"
WHAT exclaimed the customer in
dignantly edo you think that / wouldn
come back for my darling Tim
"Oh. certainly not. madam. But eN-
peucnce compeIs Us 20 make this ron
clad rule, which admits Of no exceptions.
So 81 you would obiise-'
VERY well. them reicnted the custo-
mer. drawing forth her purse 10 prove
that / am not the kind who would aDan-
don the only animal ! ever loved, VINO
was wiser than most men and more de-
voted than either OF my hlsDands-and
have buried two. sir-l Will pay in adj
vance" And Going so with an ar OF
vindicauon. the woman left the shop SIM
wiping her eyes.
"Rather unusual, IS il not?" said an
inquisidve man who had entered the shop
and wandered about while the scene was
ia progress
PETS or UNCOMMON KIND.
"Not at an, sir" said the taN.dermist
tucking sway the bank bills and tagging
the dead dog. "Noih.ng unusual-mere-
ly typical. I'm fact" lie grew chatty
ffAaU Tho
stunlng and mounting OF pets is the larg-
or source of taxiccrm.srs income. par
ticuariy in this quarter Of the city.
look about YOU here or course. I'm an
this hclter-skelter confusion there are
some rare specimcns-that huge buffalo
head for instances. the last ever
shot in Texas. Then those foxes
pheasants eagles. antcatcrs, ard so ON.
But the majority OF the others were pets
which are awaiting the.r owners
"Pcts?" exclaimed the interested one.
do YOU mean to saw that that ugly liz
ard and that brace ~ marmosct monkeys
and those swans were potst
Exactly, sir" The taNiderm'st began
arranging his tools on the biz bench,
gathered down FROM a high shelf O. num-
Der Of boxes and bottles covered with
hieroElypics. skulls and crossoones. ITO
90 more explicit" said he that ugly
lizard belonged 10 a noted traveller
Brought IT from Ceylon under clrcum-
stances that eudeared the ugly beast 10
its master. Those marmosets were the
pets Of a fine old Cuban lady In Bank
street. and the swans came from a pri-
vate lake OF a millionaire ~ rgin a.
where they were the pets Of his children.
A discharged coachman poisoned them.
rs Nd Ia rnr manning
Oh. we have an kinds. DO you see thai
swapping turtle there
eyes, and the ug'iest looking beast in
the shop" replied the stranger.
Nevertheless. 10 was the constant COM
panion and pet OF an old-mald French
coquotte down I'm Blocker stree.-a wom-
an OF high birth and Identified with the
court Of the last King OF France Louis
Philippe. She lived alone In huge od
house. which she owned, and her sole
cohabitlnt was that same snappng-tur-
tie Why she fOndled and caressed II
Ike O. babe and it followed her from
attic 20 cellar. To was better than a
watchdog, and. as a rattcr was hard u
beat The poor old lady had Mysteries OF
grief when IL fell out OF the ihird story
window. but fortunately II did not fall
on anybOdys head. II was the turtle
this time that was killed. ana / patched
up the wreckage 50 that you would
scarcely know"
1T certainly looks so formidable that
7 would walk long way around 1t II /
met 1t on the street dead or alive.
notice that YOU have a splendid specimen
OF the bald-headed eagle, the mascot OF
the American army"
CAUGHT AN IDOT EAGLE
YES. magnificent bird. Measures
seven feet from tip 10 tip, and was also
a pet. That eagle belonged 10 wealthy