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often thought that he must be sco,d-
ing us for lot of stupid fools.
But the trick that he seemed TO have
/ picked up himself. and which would
amuse him for hours was the art of
/ getting a cigar in and out of a soda
! water bottle.
1t was easy enough getting it in, but
/ to get it out again necessitated the
| employment of what was undoubtedly
reason He would stick his little fore
finger in the neck of the bottle, and up
end it with the other hand so that the
cigar dropped down. He would then
pinch the end of it with his finger and
carefully lay the bottle down on its
side, drawing out the cigar as he did
so.
Over and over again he would do it,
Just as we have seen bigger people
work puzzle many times over. When
he had tired he would roll the cigar
under his hand, till it was in many
pieces. Sometimes he would eat lit
tie of 1t.
Oungea liked to play pitch and catch
with his bottle as a ball. and he could
throw it with great force. He would
hold il in both hands, and with spring
and swing let it go. I carry a scar on
the bridge of my nose to this day where
he struck me one evening with a large
oyster shell. 1t was so dark that l did
not see MN, yet the missile came with
unerring aim.
As he grew older he took to clay
pipe kindly and seemed to enjoy a few
Whiffs very much. Braced up by a
smoke and little sweerened gin. he
would sally forth and lay the servants
quarters waste. Pots and pans. crock
cry and lacquerwork boxes would come
hurting through the open doors and
windows. till the whole place looked
like the seat of domestic brawl.
If the crockery and burnt clay pots
broke, so much the worse for the pots;
Oungea didn't care.
No knot that was ever tied on his
chain held him. His nimble little fin
gers and sharp teeth could undo any
knot. OF course, a chain with a lock
would keep him there. but it seemed
like slavery to keep a person of Oun-
gea's intelligence chained To a post: SO
he was forever getting loose.
Like many an old topper. in his old
age Oungea got rather cross, and many
were the furious nights he had down
in the coolie lines with the inmates.
Naturally they objected to having their
household gods destroyed. and of
course Oungea objected to having his
fun spoiled so q blood feud sprang I'D
between Oungea and his natives, which
resulted in his disappearance one day.
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The first lieutenant was to command
the party, having with him the third
lieutenant, the masters mate and the
two senior midshipmen; besides of
course. the marine officers. DR.. Hors-
ley was also to accompany them. Some
cartridges were made up with powder
and musket bullets for two of the brass
guns captured. in order that, if the
Malays succeeded in landing. they
might meet with q hot reception 1t was
decided that no carriages should be
taken for them, but that they should
be simply LAID on the sandbags.
The party on shore had kept up a fire
az day at the forest. The yells of def
ance which at times arose showed that
the Malays We're in great force all round
its edge. Toward evening all on shore
returned to the ship. As soon as it be-
came absolutely dark the anchor chain
was Unshackled, and a buoy being at
tached TO the end, it was noiselesslv
lowered into the water Then the screw
began TO revolve and the vessel grad
ually backed down the river. All lights
hal been eXtinguished and no sound
from the forest showed that the move (
ment had been observed. y mile lower
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SOME OF oUNeEA's TRICKS.

sadly under the effects of civilization,
and went in for a disreputable course
of living that in the end proved his de-
struction
Probably he missed the restraining
influence of his mother.
Oungea came of a particularly intel
iigent branch of the great monkey race.
1t is the water monkey that catches
the alert crab with his tail. When
the tide is out. a family viii troop
down on the shore among the Shiny
rocks and fish for their breakfast.
When a crabs hole is discovered q
long tail is thrust down, and when the
crab lays hold of 1t with his ever-ready
nippers, he is promptly jerked on deck,
only to fall into the hands of the hairy
fisher.
have seen one of these monkeys
take a small stone in his hand, smash
an oyster from its rocky home, dip the
battered shell in little pool of water,
wash the dirt out, and eat the luscious
meat, all as cleverly as a human being
might.
That much of Oungea's ancestors.
AS Oungea grew. he developed a lil1-
ing for sweetened gin and the baby's
milk bottle.
My friends wife had baby. and the
baby was the proud pOsseSsor of a milk
sistible temptation to Oungea. He
would steal into the house. watch his
opportunity when the baby was alone
pop into the cot steal the bottle, and
scamper up big tamarind tree that
grew just in front of the bungalow.
He would suck the bottle dry, pull
the rubber nipple off, and drop the bot
tie down to the ground. where il al
ways managed to strike something
1,o rd 6rao xfno inf 4
pieces. The rubber nipple he would
chew into a sticky pulp.
Nothing would break him of this
habit, whipping only made him stay
up the tree longer, that was all. He
was tied TO post with a little house
on top. but never a day passed that he
did not break loose.
One Gay Walsh. that was my friends
name, met Oungea on the verandah.
Oungea was coming out of the bung-
allow and heading straight for the Ia
marind. From his right hand, swinging
just clear of the floor. dangled Walsh's
gold watch. He was just in time 10
save =.
The ticking OF an American clock had
been a source of much perpleXitv to
Oungea for a long time. One day. when
the bungalow was deserted. he investi-
gated. The result was disastrous. The
floor was strewn with brass wheels,
hands and dial plate and Oungea was
asleep on the roof when
the people returned.
The pink heads of q box of matches
have an alluring aspect. To an untu-
tored mind they must look nice enough
to eat They did look so TO Oungea:
he ate a box That time he was not on
the roof: he was too i'll. Even a mon
keys digestion won't stand that diet, !
and Oungea paid the penalty of his
mad debauch.
If any one thinks that animals do not
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son; it Will give me an opportunity of
specially recommending him for pro-
motion in my report The assistant
surgeon temporarily bandaged his arm
when he reached the ship
rs she afioat. sir?"
mo; ! want you back as soon as pos
sible. We shall have to set out the
anchors and heave on them. We put on
a full head OF steam and drove her
two or three hundred yards through
the mud before she finally brought up.
Twanted to get as near you as pos
sible. in order to clear the woods round
you
By o'clock the whole ships COM
pany were on board again. and set to
work to get her off: but it was not I'M
til after some hours exertion that the
Serpent was again afloat. She was at
once turned round. steamed down TO
the mouth of the creek, and cast anchor
opposite the village.
he \
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; brasures. or by kris or lance wounds,
and % others had been more or less
severely wounGed. A quarter of an
hour after the firing ceased, Captain
Forrest himself, with the mate, rowed
into the pool in one of the cutters, and
landed at the end of the path. close
to the battery.
Il congratulate you on your success,
Mr. Ferguson" he said, shaking hands
with the first lieutenant; 1T has been
very hot affair, and by Mr.. Morrisons
report it was just as well that 1 de-
cided to change my plan and come up
to your aid. though ii has resulted in
two or the prahus getting away"
Then you sank two of them, sir?"
mo, indeed, we only sank one the
third went down just after we saw her
come out of the pool. Certainly we had
not hit her, so that the honor of ac-
counting FOR three out of six of the
craft falls to you and your party. Well,
doctor, what is your report? l am
afraid ii is a bad one
Serious, indeed" he went on, after
he had received the figures. Still it
is much less than might have been ex-
pected from attacking such a host of
pirates. I am glad to hear that none
of the officers are dangerously wound
ed"
"Parkhurst had his forearm laid open
with cut from a kris, and Balderson
had one of their spears through his
ear. DR.. Horsley said If it had been
half an inch more TO the left it would
probably have killed him. Lieutenant
Somers of the marines is more badly
hurt q spear having gone through the
thigh. II cut an artery. Luckily, the
doctor was close to him at the moment
and clapped on turniquet, and then
cut down TO the artery and tied it. As
he Of two min
it would have been all up with the
young fellow Are the boats safe.
sir?"
Yes, the boatkeepers pnhed off a
little way when the firing began in the
forest. and when they heard the shouts
of large party of the enemy coming
along the path they went out almost
into the middle of the creek, and twas
well they did, for many of the Malays
came down through the path you cut, |
and would have riddled them with their
spears had they been within reach |
The boatkeepers acted very wisely; all
of them got into the gig and towed the
other boats astern, SO that if the Ma
lays came along, either in their prahus
or in their boats. they could have cut
them adrift and made a race Of it down |
10 the ship.
We'll. think that there is nothing
more to be done here. The men may
as well have tot Of a grog served out, |
and then the sailors can march down !
10 the landing place and bring up the |
boats and take the guns and what am
munition you have left. on board. Mr. |
Morrison will so back with me to the |
ship: he has one OF his arms broken by
a ball from the prahus."
Il did not know that he was wound
ed. sir: ne did not report it. I I
should not have sent him if l had |
known it."
1T is just as well as it is, Fergu-
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water near where the craft was an
chored- Another and another followed
quickly. Intense excitement was mani
fest on board the prahus, and al
most Immediately their cables were
cut, oars got out, and at a great rate
they started down the creek
The place has got too hot for them
altogether, Harry; they think ii better
to run the gauntlet of the ships guns
than to be sunk at their mornings"
Scarcely had the pTahus issued from
the pool then the guns of the ships
were heard.
Il am afraid that some of them will
get away. Harry. The beggars row so
fast that there won't be time to give
pass. If the ship is aground, which is
likely enough. for the captain pushed
up farther than we thought possible.
they viii he pretty safe when they have
once got past her.
Presently the guns were heard to fire
in rapid succession. Loud yells and
cries followed; then came shouts of
triumph and defiance: then all was
still, save that few cannon shot were
discharged at regular intervals.
''They have got one of the guns
round to fire over the stern Dick
There, it has stopped now; evidently
the prahus have got around the next
corner. 1t is a pity that any of them
should have escaped, and they would
not have done so if the Serpent had
remained at the mouth of the creek:
but I suppose the captain became anx-
ious at the continuation of the heavy
firing here, ana so came up to our help.
1t is lucky he did so, for, though we
have beaten them off, they were in
such tremendous force that 1 fancy it
would have gone hard with US in the
long run"
Il was beginning to think so myself,
Harry"
DR.. Horsley had been busy enough
from the time that. the fighting began
in earnest. Ten men had been killed by
balls that had passed through the en-
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BIOGRAPHY OY OUNGEA.
BY w. a. FRASER.


Oungea was at once the drollest.
cleverest and most restless inmate of
our small community in Kyouk Pyn, in
Burma.
He was a low-caste little chap; even
the sweeper looked down on him. But
that didn't bother Oungea much; caste
was nothing to him.
When he first came among us he was
a wee little chap, the size of tiny
kitten, for Oungea was a baby mon
key.
His mother was one of a large fam
lily of water monkeys" that used to
prowl about the seashOre fishing for
shrimps, oysters and food of that sort.
If Oungea had not been captured by a
Burman and sold to my friend for a
rupee he would probably have grown
up eminently respectable in that COM
munity. AS it was, he degenerated
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down the ship was turned. the screy
began to revolve more rapidly, and at
half speed she ran down to the juno
ton of the two branches Of the river.
and steamed up the other arm until
within half q mile or so Of the village
at tne mouth of the creek. Then a
ligilt anchor was let go. the boats were
lowered, and the landing party took
their places in them; the oars were
an muffied, and. keeping close to the
right bank OF the river they rowed up
until past the village. and then cross
ing. entered the mouth Of the creek
and rowed up until they reached the
fectcd on the previous night.
Half a dozen men provided with well
creased saws first landed Gnder Dick
BaIderson's command, and cleared a
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reason, let him hearken to a little tale
or two of Oungea-
Oungea dearly loved a chicken bone
fresh from the table. Walsh also had
cat with the same epicurean taste.
The coveted bone developed a high
state of accuisitiVc intelligence in the
two householders., One day, by a SUI
perior push, pussy had pre-empted the
bone. Physically, the cat had shade
the best of it. for Oungea was not half
grown; therefore little diplomacy was
needed.
Oungea sat down beside the cat and
put his arm over her back affectionate-
ly. Then, when the plot was ripe, and
pussy had been lulled into a state of
non-suspicion. he pinched her sharply
in the ribs with the fingers OF the hand
that hung over her side. When she
turned her head in anger TO bite at the
fingers. he grabbed the bone with his
other hand, and popped up on the back
of his masters chair.
On top of the little post he was
usually fastened to by a ring was a
small house with an open doorway. The
house was constructed so as TO turn
on the post like a piano stool, and when
Oungea would find the rain beating in
the door he would come out, and, lay
ing hold of the front of the house, he
would swing his body like a sailor who
was heaving line, until he had
turned the opening away from the
storm.
OF course he had many tricks, some
of which had been taught him, and
some of which he had picked up him
self. A long bamboo had been stretched
from one post TO another; that was
Oungea's tight rope. He had a little
balance pole, too, and, pole in hand, he
would walk gingerly along the bamboo
until little run would fetch him home,
when he would sweep the pole under
his arm, and holding it there, make
dash for the post. If he reached it
safely. he would sit on the top of it's
square end and grimace and chatter
away.
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me two reports sounded as if one.
and were mingled with the explosion Of
SHELLS as they struck the brahms ex-
actiy on the water line. There was a
npInentary silence, and then 2 wild
h1D-bub OF yells Of surprise and fury.
Whi'e loud cheer broke from the Brit
ish, as they saw the suecees ~ the
shots. Almost instantly the two craft
began to settle down, and in a minute
disappeared, the water being covered
with the heads of the crew. who were
swimming to the other prahus, The
guns Of these had evidently been kent
loaded, for before the two Is-oounders
were again ready. a fire was opened
py the tour craft, one or two balls strik-
ing The sand bags, while the rest went
crashing into the forest behind Every
shot from the British guns struck the
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Copyright, by S. S. Mcclure Co.. 1899
CHAPTER VIII.

During the rest of the day prepara-
tons were actively carried on for the
nights work. The 50 marines and 100
bluejackets were to take part in the
landing expedition; the ammunition to
be carried was ranged along the deck,
and the men told off for the various
work there was to be done. some be-
ing allotted to carry stretchers and sur
gical requirements for the wounded.
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AMONG MALAY PIRATES.
a Story of Adventure and Peril.
BY c. A. HENTY.

Author of THE Fetish Hole, - 1.-THE Life
of Special Correspond
ent," Etc, Etc.
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All good housewives desire nice,
light cakes and biscuits. If U. S.
Baking Powder is used, their wishes
will be gratifed.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-14
Only One Thing Lacking.

A number of travelling men were talk
ing about the singular experiences
they have at various small hotels
throughout the northwest. Somebody
referred to Dennis Foley, whose hotel
at Memo, in Hutchinson county, S. D.,
is very popular with the boys because
Of its genial landlord. One of the tour
lists remarked:
"You would know, of course, that
Dennis is a thorough lrishman, al
though he hasn't a very broad hrogue.
Hutchinson county is settled almost ex-
clusively by Russians, and the town
of Memo is named after the great re-
ligious reformer who founded the Men
monte church to which so many of the
Russians belong. One day was talk.
ing to Dennis about his experiences in
the town and county, and said to him:
"Why is it, Dennis, that you haven't
tried for some Office here where you
have liz d so many years, and where
you have such infuencew
81 did try for an Office once he re-
piled. I ran for sheriff and lacked
only one thing of winning
"'What was that? Iasked.
"'All that ! lacked of being sheriff
was the Russian vote '"-Sioux City
Journal.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-14

The weakness of great man is often
that feature which contains the most
interest for the student of human ma
ture. 1t may be of interest to know
that Napoleon set aside $4,000 a year
for dress. Unfortunately, he had
weakness for white breeches, and often,
while wholly absorbed in state affairs,
he would spill ink or coffee on those deli
cate trousers, which he would hasten to
change upon discovering the spots.
This circumstance cost the blameless
but timid Comte de Remusat his place
as master of the robes. The emperor
spoiled his clothes so frequently that
the imperial tailor was constantly re-
ceiving fresh orders, and $4,000 became
insufficient to meet the bills. The mas
ter of robes was foolishly afraid to men,
tion the subject to Napoleon, and con-
tinued to give unsatisfactory replies to
the insistent tailor who became press
ing in his demands. AT length, becom-
ing exasperated, the tailor took the bold
step of complaining to Napoleon, who
learned with astonishment and anger
that he owed his tailor $4,000; he paid
the bill and at the same time dismissed
the frightened Comte de Remusat. 81
hope" said the emperor, smiling and
frowning at the same time at his newly
appointed master of robes, that you
will not expose me to the disgrace Of
being dunned for the breeches l am
wearing. g."-Waverly Magazine.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-14
CHAPTER XII

Mrs. McLane," Merriam was saying
at the moment, interrupting the plead
ing, weeping woman who was clinging
to his arm, lit is useless to talk of it.
Had you let me know why you wished to
see me, all the pain of this meeting
could have been avoided. Every paper
had was given to Mr.. Parry, your law
yer, months ago, know less about the
matter, probably, than you do; and
now, forgive me, but must go at once"
Almost forcibly he drew her clasping
hands from his arm, and turning sharp
ly and without another word to the
cringing woman, hastened on through
the narrow pathway that led between
Grafton's cottage and that to the east
ward, and presently emerged againin into
the moonlight at the back Of the house,
going straight to the captains stable.
For moment his late companion stood
there at the trellis, staring after him in
mingled misery and incredulity. She
had planned it we'll. She had marked
his coming just as Grafton had said, had
hurried down to the shady aisle be-
tween the quarters and halted him
there-astonished at her daring. He
would have walked dozen miles that
night rather thar see her at all, but to
meet her this way, to feel that he was
trapped, made Merriam's blood boil
with wrath. His voice, though, was
stern and cold as he bade her say why
she wished to see him. But her aim was
to detain, to soften, to charm and then
to plead, and she had dreadful, dread
full story to tell and none to tell it to
but him. Even then she was balked, for
Merriam bluntly bade her omit the
story, as he knew all he needed to know,
and come to the point at once. What
could she want of him? Advice-sym-
pathy, she cried; and for advice he re-
ferred her to herlawyer-for sympathy
she must not come to him. She must
have some purpose in calling on him
what was it? And then it proved to be
the packet with certain papers, given
him by the young miner in the Mes
calero. "It was turned over to your
lawyer long ago." said Randy; and then
she burst into tears and said she was
undone, and walled: "Oh, Randy, Ran
dy! what can what am to do?" And
he suggested gravely, courteously, but
positively, that she should at once go
indoors, while he went on his way.
His heart was bitter against her as he
strobe out beyond the fence line, and, aft