The Greeley tribune., 1906-02-08

r,.A. =, .5s 'N " htS IuHlIly evidently
iotpi19lhg them to do this or that or
H,'uS''AB lhom to be more quiet, at
'g"2t expressing some sort OF super,
vision OF thoir actions.
Az seven O'Clock he and Fernando
wont among them, giving some sharp
commands, and they went quietly to
! G's4' cages, which were fastened by
HeFhahdo. The rest of US sat on the
P'EGA smoking, and part Of the time
played on my banjo, which latter
appeared to greatly please my visitor.
7Hp4 alIer nine, as we were prepar,
| 4H6 70 80 10 our rooms, the monkey
oAsef, FytRaguras, pulled my coat
| 6IseFe and walked ahead of me To
tAIhe. Taking q blanket that hung
upon 2 peg, he mUtiuued as il lg
wanted to take it back to the piazza
nodded my permission and he went
out with Il, spread it and almost
asked me in so many words II he
could sleep upon IT, laughingIy said:
Make yourself perfectly at home, old
ieliow,' at which he griuned back at
me as II he accepted it as q compli.
ment, and curled himself upon the
llauket with great gruut of satis-
faetion, where / left him.
Tho next morning Fernando
brought out the monkeys, divided
theu into two gangs, and commenced
IAe picking. PythagOras would lead
one gang for a while and then hurry
over TO the head Of the other, run.
ming back to SEQ if any cotton had
been Skipped and like the most COM
petent overseer, keeping a watchful
supervision over the whole work,
Nothing like it had ever been known
on any plantation.
I'VE stopped an hour at noon and
by night by actual weight all form
ef records had been beaten by over
one-half. What also appeared to me
very remarkable was that the pick
ers seemed just as lively and active
when the days work was over, as
when 1t commenced. That evening
was a repetition of the former, but
before retiring | thought | saw some
men moving around near tho house,
and twice pythagoras uttering low
grunt darLed down the steps, return
ing and shaking his head each time
as If something disturbed him. Moth
ing, however, occurred, and / finally
went into my room and lay down, al
though but partially undressing.
1T could not have been very long
after midnight when | awoka with
that indescrihable feeling that some
one was moving about the room.
had closed my windows on retiring,
but now felt the cool night air blow
Ing soft across my face. As | ne
chauiCally grasped my revolver, cooked
it and raised myself suddenly to a
sitting posture, | felt the point Of q
sharp instrument piercing my neck.
family heard the sound of a shot, the
room seemed full Of smoke and every
| thing went black as fell back sense
| loss.
Several days had passed before
opened my eyes to returning con
| sciOusness and what occurred during
that interval l have learned only
from those to whose untiring care
| assisted by my naturally strong con
| stituti0n. owe my life.
The darkey I had discharged, had
| crawled in through my window Win
| the evident intention Of robbery and
/ murder. My watch and purse lay on
! the floor and my neCktie with q yalu
able diamond pin had been thrust In
! the pocket of his blouse. PythagOras
/ had evidently heard the noise, slight
as it was, or perhaps his sense oi
smell was, as Fernando said, extreme
/ ly acute, and his devotion to his mas
tgr's friend brought him at once L
my bedside.
Il do not know whether or not mon
KEYS can see in the dark, but if no
Pythagoras's intuiuons must at leas
have given him q sort of second sight
| for when Fernando and the oyerseei
rushed in with lights, they saw thaJ
the big ape had grasped the darkey.
right wrist which held the knife, VIII
| his right hand, and twisted and broken
/ the wrist, In spite Of the darhey
great strength, while the long tnggTi
of his left hand were pressed tlgaJ}
around the throat of the darEey whom
he had evidently stranglod with com
narrative ease. All would have been
well had l lain stiil.-bu my sudden
rising had not only plunged the En'Ll.
! into my own neck, but caused the ia-
OF the revolver which fired the tata
shot. the big bullet ploW!nE through
to faithful PythagOrass brain anu
killing him instantly.
eve gave the body of the darkoy
to some of his friends but Pythagoras
was buried under a beautiful live OAK,
and upon the mound, after l recovered,
| placed q marble slab inscriblng
upou it the words Faithful to the
Death
"Oh. you ask what became OF the
rest of the monkeys and my expert.
ment! Well, after the doctor said
would soon be all right again and per
mitted me to walk about. | had Fer
nando take them out and try to re.
sumo the cotton picking, which the
darkies had meanwhile nearly com
DIeted. They had been very uneasy
and had shown SO much restlessness
that the morning and evening hours
of relaxation had been abandoned.
"They would give low plaintlFe
means and cry out like children when
hurt and when released instead OF
romuing and jumping as at first, would
Gather in groups and chatter together