The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-02
LIZ MONKEY's NaENUITF. !


The Wonoerlai An1a1I EeueD Displayed b
Them ia BridsinE strram 81 Water.
But amusing IS Jocko Is ia captivity
he Is still more wonderful ia his nafirl
Wilds, where he reliss on bis native vi
10 accomplish his cun objects. and Keep
house and attends 70 bis own affairs i
his own fashion. The following storl
Of how party Of monkeys. bent upon
q journey. oTercame the obstacle Of
running stream and crossed Il triumph
antly. Is told By awell-knopn traveller
in Mexico. Nh0 witnessed the scene
himself.
The party vas 500 strong. Itwas 81,
parently a kind Of migration or change
Of quarters. the object. no doubt. being
70 fnd q more h0spitable place wherein
70 establish themselves and set up 4
new home. They trotted along Ia lively
g0od-natured fashion. chattering as only
monkeys can. when suddenly they came
upon q swiftly flowing brook and halted
on its banks IN dismay. A monkey. you
must know. hates water quite as much
as 8 cat does, and nothing viii induce
one 10 wet the end Of his paw II he can
help Il But there was the stream, and
there stood our traveller, hidden by the
trees. but near enough to watch al the
maneuVres.
The monkeys set to work. Three OF
four, seemingly the leaders Of the party
nan mp and down the bank seeking q
spot where the stream was narrowest
and where there were tall trees on each
side Presently a satisfactory SPOT was
found. Up the tree sped a monkey. and
another after him. then q third. and
then a fourth The first wound his tail
about an 0verhanging limb aud sus-
pended himself head downward: an
other wound his tail about the neck and
shoulders Of the first. and also hung
head downward; 50 did the third and
four
Now for the marvellous part Of the
stor. The living chain became a pen
dulum set in motion by the lowest mon
key grabbing the herbage with his claws
aud oducing q steady swaying back
and forth, the distance increasing every
time the pendulum traversed is arc
A little patience, some frantic exertions
on the part Of the end monkey and.
presto a lively swing, al he has seized
hold OF limb Of tree on the opposite
bank. See a bridge is formed; and
now, with an agility apparently too
great even for monkeys, lively as they /
are. the whole herd have mounted, In /
dias file, upon their companions backs.
and by the aid Of this living bridge have
crossed the eam-well, not dry shod,
but dry footed.
Bnt now, our traveller says, he became
about the bridge. The limb Of
the tree on the opposite side Of the bank
from which it depended was much lower
than the one on this side. If the end
monkey on this end let go he must in.
ia.iibly drop in the water aud get a sad
ducking. This seemed very cruel, con
sidering the services he has Just rendered
his brethren. However, they had no
dea Of deserving him, and the problem
70 difficult 70 human intellect did not
puzzle their monkeyship's intelligence
'or a moment
The Solomon, or some other great in
elect among the party, apps;ed itself
o the question. He nodded and winked
'-t- a. AA'AAoa AoAH uAbc utCAdItu Dllu-
elf equal to the emergency. Then he
an up the tree and affectionately wrap
oed his tail about the neck and shoul-
lers of the poor beast who had 80 man.
ully supported the line on that side
I the stream. The latter loosened his
laws and allowed himself to be drawn
Ip to such height that his fellow who
ormed the other end Of the chain i
Tould, on loosening his hold, land safely
n the further bank without so much J
s wetting the end Of his TAIL /,
It was a marvellous performance, and !
be story is strictly true. How often.
2 our vanity and conceit, we think that /
nimals are indolent and stupid and do !
OF know anything We do not realize
ow much wisdom and intelligence God
as given to Puss and Ponto and Neddv !
nd Jocko. In regard to many things !
often seems as if they we're wiser than !,
urselves. s.-MaJV r. Fandyne, in i
Union. 4