The Washington herald., 1911-05-21

soon after their arrival in Mexico, was that
Of a little spider monkey from Brazil. This
little traveller had originally come from well
up on the Amazon River, from there had
gone 10 Rio de Janeiro, AMI thence around
Cape Horn, up the Pacific Ocean to Acapulco.
From there he had come overland with a
party Of railway surveyors, and had finally
been sold to Mr.. Walcott.' " '....,-.'..." -.
When Harry decided that the monkey must
have name, it occurred to him at once that
50 great traveller could have no better one
than that Of the great discoverer,. and, as
chr'.teneti the new s pet Colombo" 'o''""'"
From the first. Colombo was a most enter
tanning anil well behaved little creature To-
be sure, he had the failing common to all his
tr1be-that OF hiding anything that took his
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But even this habit, that was a part of his
nature, Harry was able in very short time
to get him to curb to great extent. and it
lombo to steal anything that was in common
it was kept.
Food, Of course, he would take whenever
I ne had an opportunity; but in other respects
1ffectionate that there very soon grew up
between them a strong friendship, that was
very much like love on the monkeys part.
1t was but short time before Colombo
0les IN the nearby woods, and on two trips
70 the City OF Mexico he was quite as i'm.
portant q member of the party as any one.
The mile or go that Harry walkel to reach
ms iayorltG hunting places, he was usually
which his little round head and sharp, wide
awake eyes peeped in constant watchfulness
OF everything that was going on around him.
No matter how tired he might be with
grass around the house, when Harry was
ready. to take a walk SO was Colombo
few times Harry had, just as an ex.
pertinent, tried. to dodge his small compan.
ion and get away without being observed; but,
sight, Harry would not get very far cn his
Path bcfcrt he would hear the well.known
scolding cry Of the little fellow, and along
would come Mr.: Colombo at trot that was
Harry ctten said, he was all legs and no
body, and running seemed to be easy work
for the little scamp.
When trey reached the ,wools, where TIar-
rry Inad. his way more slowly in search Of
the feathered denizens that he wished to
add to the, collection he was making Of the
birds Of the region, Colombo would come
out cf his pocket and start on n tour of dis
covery on his own account. In these indie
pendent trips he, more than once made dis
co! cres OF much interest to Harry
lie 1t was that found the colony of little
pocket mice-so calle1 because they had lit
tie pockets in their aprons, as it seemed,
Just as their large cousins, the kangarocs, do,
IN which to carry their baby mice
hese tiny creatures, hardly larger than the
ordinary mice of our houses, had such long
hind legs, that they used for jumping, that
they seemed doubly like tiny kangaroos.
Another time, as Harry was walking along
dark, damp wood path, in the heart of a
very heavy growth Of timber, in pursuit of
some brilliantly coIored parrots, Colombo,
being at the moment short distance in
advance gave a sudden cry and ran back in
very evident fright.
Roth the note of warning and the quick
jump warned Harry that there was some
thing ahead of them that called for eau
ton. At almost he same instant he noticed