The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-04

1 distance lifted up her voice and wall
 ed. Off dashed Captain links in a
 wild run on his little stilts.
 See that?" laughed Bradt well, l it's circus, now, I tell you! Jimmy s
 gone clean daffy over him-eperienced
 change of heart-got religion-mule
 religion, guess. Why, man, you won't
 know herW
 | And no more I did She had experi- I enoed a change or something, what, 1t | Is not for me who knoweth naught of 1 the nature of dromedaries, striches, red Indians, and the heath en, alone or in i combines to attempt to elucidate. Jin-
 ny was changed-let 1t go at that.
 When it was time to put her pack on i she came like @ lamb, smiling. She l did Don't tell me a mule can't smile. The moment her pack was on and cov-
 cred, Brandt, with lariat throw, cap
 tured little Jinks and tied him to her 1 halter.
 He goes along with her a couple
 of miles," he explained. Breaches him 1 rope leadin' and it's her chromo picture
 card reward"
 Rewardi It was her Sunday school
 picnic with pink ice creaml She strut
 ted on ahead of us, Captain links mak | ing his little stits fly to keep up with her, but apparently content, while Null doom whinnied and called after and ap-
 pealed to us with her large soft eyes, Why don't you make him come back l to his oWnest muvver?"
 i Because, my ownest Muldoon, his I Maiden Auntie wants him a little while, and she's going to leave him all her prop erty when she dies. So be patient-he'll II | have to come back soon for breakfast. i Our cavalcade got under way as the sun
 was lifting his yellow head above the plains. Jimmy kept herself as far In ad- | vance as she possibly could, and the pace | she struck, considering her pack (which l was heavier than formerly by 10 dozen l camera plates, thick tent for photog- l raphy work and 40 pounds of dried foods),
 and the way she had lain down to die under it by bygone days, was a truly
 edifying spectacle.
 | After half an hour Brandt united Cap tain links and he came back to his ownest | muvver for what an ownest muvver alone 1 could give him. During this performance | Jinny's behavior was the funniest thing l have ever seen. She began by calling her | little Jinks to come back. Jinks paid no attention; he was too busy Then she took | the you've desertedyour-p r-poor-old-aunty l tone Youve heard people go on that way, haven't youD Jinks paid no aSen- ] tion; he was too busy. Next she scolded | and harangued-of course keeping a safe, | respectful distance from the Rishtful | Parent-and talked about ingratitude after what she'd done for him and all. links paid no attention; he was to busy. She told him he'd come to grief as sure as anything in this world and then he'd bo sorry he hadn't minded his Aunty and stayed at home. Still links paid no at tention; he was far too busy.
 Jimmy stopped talking. l thought she had given up in despair and was about to take to melancholy. l didn't know Jimmy. l She threw her head up, wildly sniffed the air and then yelled. Bears! Bears! Bearsi"
 The jump Muldoon gave almost put me overboard-I am ashamed to say l grabbed the pommel and saved my dignity. But Captain links hadn't any dignity to save. Without waiting to ask his ownest muv- yer. he just suited off frantically to Jimmy, who took him under her head, muzzled him over, told him not to mind bears, she'd take care of him-trust your Aunty, dear, your mama doesn't know much bout such things-always run to Aunty and you're safe-now come right along before those people catch us. And Brandt and I nearly tumbled off our saddles. laughing.
 Well, that Maiden Aunty mule, that Rightful Parent horse and that much con- tended for colt were more fun than any cage of monkeys I ever had. q never had a cage of monkeys-I just said that on the spur of the moment.) I was so engaged with them that forgot to look to it-a little ceremony of mine-at the