The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-07
A KANGAROO MESSENGER.

g should suffer ridicule.- AL
the world over beginner
1Eo1E il considered fair game. !"
Z The new boy finds this out before he
las been many hours at school, and the
'tenderfoot' in America or the ssnewl
shum" in Australia is not whit bet
- ter off than the nrchin whose compan-
pms do their best to make him realize
his own insignifcance and their i'm
nense superiority.
- 1t happened not long ago that a
IS young man went to Australia with the
IS Intention of settling in that country.
The station he purchased was a con-
siderable distance from Sydney, and
part Of the journey was taken by
eoach. The young man secured the
G box seat, and, finding the driver an
Intelligent, talkatiye person, he
thought it good opportunity for gain
ing information about the country.
The driver was quite willing to
tblige him, and in the course of the
next hour or two related many things
which astonished him much He won
tered how it was that the statements
20 seriously made by the driver
seemed to afford vast amusements to
The other passengers. But this did not
trOuble him. nINo doubt these facts
we're an old story to them, while to
him they We're new and deeply inter-
s tSting.
He began to ask about the wild an
mals of the country, especially about
kangaroos-were they dangerous.
''Not at all,"sreplied the driver, with
wink at q grinning friend in the rear.
1T is the easiest thing in the world
30 tame kangaroos; in fact, the squat
ters hereabouts train them to be use
ful in various ways" sf-sf..f .,tt
But the new chum'' had caught a
Sly twinkle in his companions eyes
Ind began to suspect
"You think me rather green, dare
ay?" he remarked, with an air of eau
hon, 'but I'm not going to believe that
bale. 1t is little too absurd,
- "Well, sir I'm only telling you," pro-
tested the mischievous driver, II new
Pr tanned kangaroo myself, certain
~; but friend of mine who lives not
gent kangaroos. He sends one down
to meet the coach most days. I just
pitch of the mailbag, and the kan
CARGO picks it up, pops it into her
pouch and carries it back to. her mas
ter" ...~ssss
= At this moment slt. hss Coach rounded
oehu u rs l re foad, and behold. in front
-hem and not three yards from the
foadside was a large kangaroo seated
up on his hind legs and Watching the
approaching coach exactly as if he
were there on purpose.
Curiosity must be a strong point in
kangoroo nature, for, timid as they
are, these animals seem easily attract
ed by any unusual sound, and will sit
up motionless. as If fascinated, until,
with sudden start. they awake to a
sense Of danger and are off like the
wind.
Needless to say, the merry driver
was quick to see his opportunity. He
drove as near the nimal as he con-
Bidered prudent, and then, waving his
long whip, he shouted: NbRI
eN'1've nothing for Syou to-day, sir;
nothing for you to-dayr'
And, as he expected, the kangaroo
wheeled suddenly about, sprang over
The bushes and disappeared.
The new chum" was delighted.
"Bless my hearth he cried. "What
a wonderfully intelligent creature!
never would have believed it if 1 had
not seennit~myself. I should like to-
have a. Kangaroo like = that;wAI. must
learn how to train the1n.s' ~aasf
Among the many things he learned
during the next year of his life kan
CARGO training was not included.-New
York Weekly.
SOUTH AFRICAN GHOST YARN.
b. Fletcher Robinson tells the story
OF an army captain-a quiet thick-set
ieyel-headed man, with clear eye, a
strong will and enough common sense
to run a morning paper, who wentsto'
dine with some lady friends at an old
Dutch manor house at Stellenbosch.
First of all, on his arrival he was
startled by the appearance on the
yeranda of huddled-up old woman,
''with a long yellow face and thin