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V OL XXII
Mog, Mill und Leopard
BY HENRY M. STANLEY,
Author of “In Darkest Africa, ’’ “ How I Found
Livingston, ’’ Etc.
Copyrighted by Constitution.
Long ago, in the early age of Uganda,
Leopardess, in want of a servant to do
chores in her den, was solicited by Jackal
to engage him to perform that duty. As
Jackal had a very suspicious appearance,
with his ears drawn back, and his furtive
eyes, and a smile which always seemed to
be a leer, the Leopardess consulted with
Dog, whom she had lately- hired as her
steward, as to the propriety of trusting such
a cunning-looking animal.
Dog trotted out to the entrance of the
den to look at the stranger for himself, and
after close inspection of him, asked Jackal
what work he could do. Jackal replied
humbly and fawningly and said that he
could fetch water from the brook, collect
fuel, sweep out the house and was willing I
if necessary to cook now and then, as he
was not a novice in the art of cooking, and, I
looking at Leopardess, ‘ l am very fond of
cubs, and am very clever in nursing them.”
Mistress Leopardess, on heating this,seemed
to be impressed with the abilities of Jackal,
and, without waiting for the advice of Dog,
engaged him at once, and said:
“Jackal, you inns, understand that my
custom is to feed my servants well. What
is loft from my table is so abundant that 1
have heard no complaints from any that
have been with ane. Therefore, you need
fear no starvation, but while you may de
pend upon being supplied w : th plenty of
meat, the hones must not be touched. Dog
shall be your companion, but not lie nor
any one else is permitted to touch the
bones."
“1 shall be quite content, Mistress Leop
ardess. Aleut js good enough for me. and
for good meat you may depend upon it 1
shall give good work.”
The household of Mistress Leopardess
was completed; she suffered no anxiety and
enjoyed herself in her own way. The chase
was her great delight. The fores', and
plains were alive with game, and each morn
ing with sunrise it was her custom to set
out for the hunt, and scarcely a day passed
without her return with sutiicienl meat to
fatten her household. Dog and Jackal ex
pressed themselves delighted with the lus
cious repasts which they enjoyed, and a
nobh-.“ But as it frbiiWdirf? iiajMh-ri.AvL.il
people who nave everything they iisiit.
Dog in a short while became more luce and
fastidious in his tastes. De hankeied aft
the bones which were forbidden him. and
was heard to sigh deeply win never Mistiw*
] coparoe-s collected the bones and stoied
them in rhe interior, and lus eyes seemed
to fill with tears as he eyed th** rich m< i
sels stowed away. When hrs feelings had
become intolerable he resolved to
his mistress one day. aalk-.i >h< .iipea.et
to be in a more tolerant mood than usual,
Mistress, thanks so yon the house .s
•ilwavs well supplied with meat, and
none" of vonr servants have any reason to
think that they will ever smtm* iiio pangs
of hunger: tint sp >akmg for inyse.f,
mine. 1 wish for one thing more, il you ..Hi
be so good as to grant it.”
“Ami what may that bo. greedy one.
asked Leopardess. ,
“Well, vou see. mistress, I fear you do
not understand the nature of dogs very
well You must know dogs delight in
marrow, as well, if not better sometimes
than in meat. The latter by itself is good,
but. however, pl rntifid and good it may be,
"•ithout an oec.-.-mmal morsel of marrow it
js’apt to pall. Dogs also love to sharpen
their teeth on bones and scl’**aa limit
tomnies within th*.* holes for the sake* of the
rich juice. Br itself, marrow would not
fatten tlm r’bs, but meat with marrow is
most delectable. Now. good mistress, see
ing that I have been so faithful in your ser
vice. so docile and prompt, to do your bid
ding. will ymi not be gracious enough to let
rm* gnaw the bones, and extract the mat-
“No.” roared leopardess, decisively, that
is positively forbidden: and let me AMirn you
that the day you venture to do so. be as
sured of a strange event will happen, which
will have most serious consequences to you
and all in this house.
‘‘And you, Jackal, bear what T say well
in mind," she continued, turning to that
* servile subordinate.
“Yes, mistress. I will, most certainly.
Indeed, I do not care very- greatly for
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TlfE BONE STRUCK ONE OF THE CUBS,
KILLING IT INSTANTLY.
bones,” said Jackal, “amt -* hope my friend
and mate Dog wifi remember, good
mistress, what you say.”
“1 hear, mistress,” replied Dog, and
since it is your will, 1 must needs
Tne alarming words of Leopardess had
the effect of compelling Dog and Jackal
for awhile to desist from even thinking of
marrow, ami the entreaty of Dog appeared
to be forgotten by Leopardess, though Jack
al was well aware by tile covetous eyes of
Dog when any large bone was near him
how dillicult it was for him to resist the
Ifeiimtitioii. Day after day Leopardess
sallied out from her demand returned with
kids, goats, sheep, antelopes, z**br.i, and of
ten a young giraffe; and one day she brought
a great buffalo to her hoif hold, and cubs
ami servants came running to greet her and
praise her successful hunting.
On this day Dog undertook to prepare
the dinner. The buffalo meat was cocked
in exquisite fashion, and when it was
turned out of the great pot. steaming and
trickling over everywhere with juice, JI og
caught sight of the thigh bone and vellow
marrow glistening within; the Temptation to
steal it became too great to re
sist. De contrived to drop the bone back
again into the pot, furnished the trav quick
ly with tile meat, ami sent Jackal with it to
Leopardess, saying he would follow with
the kabobs and slew. As soon as Jackal
had gone out of tile kitchen. Dog whipped
the bone out. of the pot and slvlv hid if
then, loading stew and kabobs on a tray.’
he hurried alter Jackal, and began officious
ly bustling about, fawning upon Leopardess,
stroking the cubs as he placed them near
their mamma around the smoking tray,
seold’ug Jackal for his laziness, and biddinv
him hurry up with the steaks. All of
which, of course, was duo to his delight
that he bad a rare treat in store for himself
snugly hidden away.
Leopardess was pleased to bestow a good
many praises upon Dog’s cooking, anil the
cubs even condescended to smile their ap
proval for the excellent way in which their
wants were supplied.
Towards evening. Mistress Leopardess
wont out again, but not before bidding
Jackal not to forget the cubs. and. if it
were late before she returned. Jackal was
on no account to leave them ah in the
dark. Dog, smilingly, followed his mistress
to the door, wishing her, hi the most frown
ing manner. every success. When ne
thought that his mistress was far enough,
and Jackal well occupied with the cubs'
Dog hastened to the kitchen, and. taking up
Ins bone, stole out of the house, and carried
it to a considerable distance off.
hen he thought he was safe from oh- I
servation. he lay down, and, placing the
bom* between his paws, was about to in
dulge his cravings for marrow, when 10l
the bone was seen to tly away back to the
den. Wondering at such a curious event,
furious at his disappointment, ami some
v. .i.it .alarmed, as in* remembered Leop
ardess s warning words, he rushed after
it. crying;
Jackal. Jackal! shut the door: the bone
is coming. Jackal, please shut the
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door.
Jackal fortunately was at the door,
squatting on his haunches, having just
arrived then; from nursing the cubs, and
he say the bone coming straight towards
him. and Du*; galloping and Vkliwi'i “PA
' hut tile, .Ifinv.ed *‘* : ' AM'’, fn. .A
gbi - ihe • ihMicV or’ his duty, and having,
truth to say. a fellow feeling for his fellow
servant. Jackal closed the door just in time,
for in about a second afterward the bone
struck the door with tremendous force,
denting it deeply.
Then Jackal turned to I tog angrily, on
re overiug from his astonishment, and
said, "Oh, Dog, do you know what you j
are doing; have you no sense? You camo !
nea - being the death of me this time. 1
will tell you what, my friend: If Mistress
Leopardess hears of this, your life is not
worth a feather."
"Now, don’t, pleas?, good Jackal —don’t
say anything of it this time. The fright
1 have had is quite sufficient to keep me
from trying the bone again."
"Well, I’m sure I don’t wish you any
harm, but for your life’s sake don’t be so
dull as to forget the lesson you have
learned."
Soon after Leopardess returned vdtli a
small antelope for the morrow’s break
fast and cried out to .Jackal, as was usual
with her on returning from the hunt:
"Now. my Jackal, bring the cubs hither: |
my dugs are so heavy, flow are the little j
“Ah, very well, ma’am: poor little dears,
they have been in a sweet sleep ever since
you went out.”
A few days later, Leopardess brought
a fat young zebra, and Jackal displayed
his best skill in preparing it for dinner, j
Dog aiso assisted with wise suggestions
in the preparation of certain auxiliaries |
to the feast. Whet! all was ready. Dog ;
laid the table, and as fast as Jackal brought |
the various dishes Dog arranged them in I
the most tempting manner on fresh banana I
leaves, spread out over the ample plateau. I
Just before sitting down to the meal, j
Leopardess -heard a strange noise without, ■
and bounded to the door, growling angrily
at being disturbed. Dog instantly seized
the opportunity of her absence to extract
a bone from one of the trays, and stowed
it in a reebss in the wall of the passage
leading from the kitchen. Present ly Leop
ardess came back, and when the cubs
were brought the meal was proceeded with
in silence. When they all had eaten enough, i
the good effect of it was followed by com- '
nwndations upon th* cooking, ami the j
juicy flavor of the meat, and Low well i
Jackal had prepared everything. Neither i
was Dog forgotten by the mistress and |
her young ones, and he was dismissed with j
the plenteous remnants of the feast for I
himself and mate, with the courteous hope
that they would find enough and to spare.
In the afternoon. Leopardess. having !
refreshed herself with a nap. sallied out I
onft* more, enjoining Jackal, as she was j
going, to be attentive to her little ones ,
during her absence.
While his friend Jackal proceeded toward j
the cubs. Dog surreptitiously abstracted [
his bone from the cavity in the passage I
wall and trotted out unobserved. When
he had arrived at a secluded place, he
lay down, and. seizing the bone between
bis paws, was about to give it a preliminary
lick, when again, to his dismay and alarm,
the bom* Hew up and away straight for tin* I
door. Dog flow after it as fast as hits limbs
would carry him. crying out:
“(th. Jackal. Jackal, good laekai. Shut
the door. Hurry up. Shut the door, good
Jackal.”
-'-gain Jackal heard his friend’s cry,
and sprang up to dose tin* door, ami the
instant he had done so the bone struck it
with dreadful force.
I urnin:-', tc the chrest fallen and panting
Dog Jackal said sternly: "You are a nice
follow, you aire. 1 well see the end of von.
Now listen: This is the last time 1 help’you.
nty friend. L'he next time you take a bone
you will bear the consequences, so look
out.”
"(tome, Jackal, now don t say any 11101*07
I will not. look at a bone again, I make
you a solemi promise.”
"Keep to that and you will be safe,”
replied .Tack tl.
Poor Dog. however, was by no means able
to adhere t> his promise, for a few days
afterward leopardess brought a fat voting
1 eland and he found an opportunity to abstract
a fine marri w bom bes ore serving his gen
erous mistiesS’. Late in tin* afternoon,
after dinner and siesta, Leopardess, before
going out. repeated her usual charge to
Jackal ami while the faithful servant re
tired to his nursing duties, the greedy Dog
sought his lone and stole out to the forest
witli it. T lis time he went further than
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1893.
usual. Jackal meanwhile, finding the cubs
indisposed for sleep, led them out to the
door of the den, where they frisked and
gamboled about with all the audacity of
cubhood. Jackal was sitting at a distance
from the door when he hoard the cries of
Dog. "Oh, Jackal, Jackal, good Jackal,
tshut the door quickly. Look out for the
bone It is coming. Shut the door quickly.”
■'Hah. hah! friend Dog! At it again aye?”
said Jackal. “It is too late, too late Dog
gie, dear, the cubs are in the doorway.”
He looked up. however, saw the bone com
ing with terrific speed and heard it whiz as
it flew close over his head and almost im
mediately after it struck one of the cubs,
killing it instantly.
W hen Jackal realized the consequences of
Dog’s act and his own carelessness ami per
ceived that henceforth Leopardess’s den
w juld be no home for him, he resolved to es
cape. Just then Dog came up and when he
saw tin* dead cub he set up a piteous howl.
’Aye,’ said Jackal. "You tool, you be
gin to see what your greed has brought upon
us ail. Howl on, my friend, but you wil
howl differently when Mistress Leopardess
discovers her dead cub. Bethink yourself
how all this will end. Our mighty mistress
wiil make mince meat of you. Neil her may
1 stay longer here. Aly home must bi* a
furrow in the wild wood, or in the rocky
cave in future. W’hat will you do?”
"I, Jackal? 1 know not yet. (Jo if you
will and starve yourself. I trust to find
a better home than a erampeil or
the cold shelter of a eave. I love warmth
and kitchen fires rind the smell o'' roast
meats too well to trust myself Jo the chiily
covert you propo.se to seek and my coat
is too fine for rough outdoor life.”
“Hark," cried Jackal, “do you hear that!
That is the mistress's warning note! Fare
you well. Doggie. 1 shall dream of you
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THE LEOPARDESS CON SULTS THE ORACLE.
tonight lying stark under the paw of the
leopardess."
Jackal waited to say no more, but led
from the scene, and from that day to this
Jackal has been a vagabond. li» loves the
darkness and tlm twilight. Il is at such
times vou hear his yelp, lie is very seltis.i
amt cowardly. He mis not courage enough
to kiil’anvthing for himself, but prefers to
wail -licking his chops--until the lion or
the leopard, who has struck the game, has
gorged himself. ...
As for Dog he was sorely'frightened, nut
after a littledeliberation he resolved to face
the matter out until he was certain of the
danger. He conveyed the cubs, living and
dead, quickly within, and then awaited
with well dissembled anxiety the coming of
his mistress. .
Leopardess shortly arrived, and was met
at the door by the obseqious Dog with fawn
ing welcome. . . , , ,
•Wherejs Jackal? asked Leopardess as
she entered. , x ,
"I regret to say he has not. returned yet
from a visit which he said he was bound to
pay his friends and family, whom he had
not seen for so long." replied Dog.
“Then vou go and bring my little ones to
me. Foor little dears, they must be hungry
by this time, and my milk troubles me,
commanded the mistress.
Dog departed readily, thinking to himself,
"I am in for it now.” He soon returned,
bearing one of the cubs, and laid it down.
"Bring the other one, quickly” cried Leop
ardess. , „ , . .
"Yes, ma’am, immediately, lie stint.
Dog took the same cub again, but m a
brief 'time returned with it. The cub. al
ready satisfied, would not touch the teat.
"Go ami bring the other one, stupid,
cried Leopardess, observing that it would
not suck. , , . ~
“This is the other one, mistress, he ro
why does it not strnk?". she asked.
“Perhaps it has not digested its dmnei.
“Where is Jackal? Has he m>t yet re
turned? Jackal!" she cried. While.".
From the jungle out doors Jackal shrilly
veined. “Here 1 am. mistress!’ t
’ ••Come to me this instant, commanded
Leopardess. . ~ ,
"Coming, mistress, coming. responded
Liekal-s voice faintly, for at the sound <d
'her call he hadxbeen alarmed and was tiot
“ "Whv. what can be the matter with the
brute, trifling with me m this mannei .
Here Dog. take this cub to the crib.
><w hastened to obey, but Leopardess
w hose suspicions had been aroused <pm I .
flowed him as .he entered < .
t,..idim’ into the tuner recess; of flu h-mst
when the crib was pla 1. Having placed
H 1( . I vin- near the dead cub in the crib
-I>- turned to leave, when he saw his
drmtded mistress in the doorway,
with fierce, distended eyes, and it ilaslud
hiri iluit slip hud discovprod th<‘ truth.
•iml fear adding speed to his limbs he darted
iike an arrow between her legs and rushed
out of the den. With a loud roar of fm.'
Leopardess sprang after him. Dog running
for dear life. His mistress was gaming
upon him, when Dog turned aside ami ran
round the trees. Again leopardess was
rapidly drawing near when Dog shot
straight away and increased the distance
between them a little. Just as one would
1 think Dog had no hope of escaping from his
fierce mistress, he saw a wart hog’s burrow,
into which he instantly dived. Leopardess
nrri d ar. the hole in the ground as the tail
\ of the Dog disappeared from her sight.
Being too large of body to enter, she tore
j up Hie entrance to tin* burrow, now and
, then extending her paw far within to feel
1 for her victim. But the burrow was of
I great length, ami ran deep downward, and
j she was at last obliged to desist froip her
frantic attempts to reach the runaway.
' Reflecting a while. Leopardess looked
iirtiiiiid and s;iw Alonkey near by, sitting
gra . ely on a branch watching her.
“t’oim* down, Alonkey," sin* imperatively
commanded, “and sit by this burrow and
watch the murdering slave who is within,
while I procure materials to smoke him.”
Monkey obeyed, and descending the tree
took his position at the mouth of the bur
row. But it. struck him that should f?og
venture out his strength would be unable
to resist him. He. therefore, begged Leop
ardess t<# stay a while while ho went to
bring a rock with which he would block the
hole surely. When this was Jone Leopard
ess said: "Now. stay here and do not stir
until I return: 1 will not be long, and f
mean to fix him.”
Leopard ss. leaving the burrow hl eharge
of Monkey, commenced to collect a large
quantity of dry grass, and then proceeded
to her house to procure fire wherewith to
light it and suffocate Dog with the smoke.
Dog. soon after entering the burrow, had
turned himself round and faeoil ihe hole,
to be ready for all emergencies, lie had
heard Leopardess give her orders to Mon
key. had heard Monkey’s plans for block
tiding him, as well as the threat of Leop
ardess to smoke him out. 'fin re was not
much hope for him if he stayed longer.
After awhile he crept close to the rock
that blocked his exit ami whispered:
“Alonkey, let me out, there’s a good fel
low.”
“It may not lie,” replied Alonkey.*’
“Ah, Alonkey. why are you so cruel? I
have not. done any harm to you. Why do
you stand guard over me to prevent my es
cape?”
"i am simply obeying orders. Dog. Leop
ardess said, 'Stay here and watch and see i
that Dog does not escape,’ and 1 must do !
so or harm will come to me as you know.” !
'Then said Dog; "Alonkey, 1 see that .vou
have a cruel heart, too, though I thought
none but the Leopard kind could boast of
that. May you tool some day the deep de
spair 1 feel in my heart. Let me say one
word more to you before 1 die. Put your j
head close to me that you may hear it.”
Alonkey, curious to know- what the last I
word could be about, put his face close be- !
tween the rock and The earth and looked .
in, upon which Dog threw so much dust and 1
sand into his cunning eyes as almost to ,
blind him.
.Monkey staggered back from the entrance, |
and while knuckling his eyes to rub the sand .
out. Dog put. his forefeet against the rock !
and si.-yii rolled it away. Then, after a
hasty view around. Dog fled like the wind
from the dangerous spot.
.Monkey, after clearing his eyes from the
dirt thrown in them, and reviewing his po
sition, began to be concerned as to his own
fate. It was not long before his craftv
mind conceived that it would be a good
idea to place some soft nuts within the bur
row, and roll back the stone into its place.
When Leopardess returned with the fire,
she was told that Dog was securely im
prisoned within, upon which sh(* piled
the grass over the burrow ami set fire to
it.
Presently a crackling sound was heard
within.
W hat can that be?" demanded Leo
pardess.
I hat must surely be one of Dog s ears
that you heard exploding," replied .Monkey.
Aller a short time, another chickling
sound was heard.
•’And what is that?" asked I’eopardess.
I must be the other ear, of
course, ’ Alonkey answered.
I But as the lire grew hotter and the heat
increased within, there were a great many
of these sounds heard, at which Alonkey
laughed gleefully and cried:
“Ah, ha! do you hear? Dog is splitting
> to pieces now. Oh. he is burning up fine
ly; every bom* in his body is cracking. Ah.
. but it is a cruel death, though, is it not?”
"I. 1 litin die," fiercely cried Leopardess.
• “He killed one of my young cubs, (hie of
* the loveliest little fellows you ever saw.”
I Both Leopardess and Alonkey remained
. at the burrow until the fire had completely
s died out, then the first said:
- "Now, Alonkey. get me a long stick with
1 a crook at the end of it, that I may rake
, Dog's bones out and feast my eyes upon
1 him.”
] Monkey hastened to procure the stick,
r with which tin* embers were raked out,
t when Leopardess exclaimed:
“What a queer smell this is. It is not
I at till what one would expect from a burnt
s dog.”
,t “Ah.” replied Alonkey, “Dog must be
e completely burnt by this. Os that, there
il can be no doubt. Did you ever burn a dog
before that you know the smell of its burnt
body so Well?”
"No,” said the leopardess, "but this is
not like the smell of roast meat. Rake
out all tin* ashes, that I may see the bones
ami satisfy myself.”
Monkey, compelled to do as he was com
manded, put in his stick ami drew out
several lialf-baked nuts, the shells of which
were cracked and gaping open. These
Leopardess no sooner saw than she seized
Alonkey and furiously cried:
"You wretch, you have deceived and
trifled with me. You have permitted tlm
murderer of my cub to escape, ami your
life shall now be the forfeit for his."
"Pardon, mighty Leopardess, but let me
ask how do you propose to slay me?"
"Why, miserable slave, how else should
I kill you but with one scratch of my
claws?”
"Nay, then, great queen, my blood will
fall on your head ami smother you. It is
better for yourself that you should loss
me up above that thorny bough, so that
when I fall upon it the thorns may pene
trate my heart and kill me.”
No sooner had Alonkey ended than fierce
tossed Alonkey upwards as
he bad directed, but the latter seized the
bough and sat. up, ami from this Im sprang
into another still higher, and thence from
branch to branch ami from trei* to tree
until he was safe from all possible pur
suit.
Leopardess perceived that another of her
intended victims had escaped and was furi
ous with rage.
"Come down this instant," she cried to
Alonkey, hoping he Would obey her.
"Nay, Leopardess. It has been told mo
and tlie forest is full of the report, that
your cruelty has driven from you Jackal
ami Dog, ami that they will never more
servo ymi again. Cruel people never can
reckon on friends. I and my tribe, so long
servants to you, will henceforth be strang
ers to you. Fare you well.”
A great rustling was heard in the trees
overhead as Alonkey ami his tribe mi
grated away from the district as the cruel
leopardess, who, devoured with rage, was
obliged to depart with not one of her venge
ful thoughts gratified.
As she was returning to her den Leop
ardess bethought, herself of the Oracle, who
wits her friend, who would no doubt, at
her solicitation, reveal the hiding places of
Jackal and Dog. She directed her steps to j
the eave of the Oracle, who was a nonde
script practicing his witchcraft in the wild
est path of the district.
To this curious being she related the
story of the murder of her cub by Jackal
and Dog, and requested him to inform her
by what, means she could discover the crim
inals and wreak her vengeance on them.
The Oracle replied: "Jackal has gone
into tin* wild wood and he and his family
henceforward will always remain fliere, to
degenerate in time into a suspicious and '
cowardly race. Dog lias tied to take his I
shelter in the home of man, to be his com- j
panion and friend, and to serve man against .
you aiid your kind. Hut. lest vou accuse i
me of ill-will to you, 1 will tell you how j
theriXs aJarge ant’hill*' w’fmre v’Wi 1
morning gather to play in the sunshine of
the early dav. About tlm same time Dog
leaves the village to sport and gambol ami
chase the moths. If you can find a lurking *
place not far from it. where you can lie si
lently in xvait. Dog may le* caught by you
in aii unwary moment while at his daily
play. I have spoken.”
Leopardess thanked the Oracle and ro- :
tired, brooding over its advice. That night
the moon was very clear and shining bright,
and site stole out’ of her den. and proceed
in'' due west as she was directed, in a few
hours she discovered the village and the ant |
hill describe*! by the Oracle. Near the]
mound she font)*! also a. thick dense bust;,
which was made still more dense by th** tail
xvild grass surrounding it. In the depths of
this she crouched. Availing for morning. At
diiAvn the village Wherein men ami women
lived xvas astir, and at sunrise ihe gates
Avere opened. A lit th* later Dog signaled
himself bj' his Avell-knoAvn barks as h<‘j:ame
out to take his morning's exercise. I nsus
piciotis of the presence ot his fate dread
mistress, he bounded up the bill and began
to circle around chasing the lively motiis.
Leopardess, urged by her anger, did not xvait
until Dog, tired with his sport, would have
of his own accord strayed among the bushes,
but, uttering a loud roar, sprang out from |
her hiding place. Dog, xvarned by her
voice, Avbich he well knew, put his tail be
tween his leg.-; ami rushed through the open
gates ami alarmed his jiew masters, xvho ;
i came pouring from their houses with dread
! ful Aveapons in their hands, and chased her
I and would have slain her hail she not
boundc'l over the fence. Thus Leopardess
lost her last chance of revengnig the death
of her cub. But as she was creeping home
ward her mortification avus so great that
she voAved to teach her young eternal hos
! tility for Dog ami all his tribe. Dog, also
convinced that his late mistress was one
j avlio nourished an implacable reseiitment
I Avhen offended, became more cautions, and
j a continued life with his new masters, in
creased his attachment for them. \\ hen
I he finally married and Avas blessed Avith a
progem he taught his pups various arts by
which' they might ingratiate themselves
more and more Avith the human nice. He
I lived in comfort and atlluence to a good old
j age, and had the satisfaction to see his lam
ily grow* more and more in ibe estimation
of their generous masters until (logs and
men became inseparable companions.
Leopardess and her cubs removed far
aAvay from tin* house associated Avith her
misfortune, but though time healed ihe
keen sore of Her bereavement by hieing
h**r anttuallv xvith more cubs, her hate for
Dog ami his kind was lasting ami continues
to This day. And thus it was that the
' friendly fellowship Avhmh reigned between
the forest animals during the golden age
j of Uganda avus broken lorever.
I For proof'd’ the truth of v.hui. I have said
consider the matter in your own minds. Re
' -ard the Ape avlio. upon the least alarm
I si'iings up the tree. ~" l stays n *i mitil he
i has secured himself far from reach. I hmk
of the Jackal in his cheerless solitude deep
in the boAvels of the earth, or in the farth
est rocky recess that he can discover, ever
on the watch against some foe. too full of
distrust to have a friend, the most selfish
and coAvardlv of the forest community. ’Hie
Leopard is the enemy at all times, night and
dav. of every animal, unless it be the lion
and' the **lepbiint. As for tin* Dog. Avher.*
I is the man Avho is not acqwimteil AA~th has
I fidelity, his courage in time of danger, his
i witcliful care of his interests by night, ami
i his honest love for the family Avliich feeds
! him? Aly story is here ended.
A Briclitc- Outlook.
From The New York Tribune.
But advertised panics never take place,
ns a Ayatehei) pot never boils. When every
b*'*l'v is fully warned that trouble is to be ex
pected everybody gels his business ready so
I b ." he can stand almost anything. At such
times the only people who are likely to suf
fer Hindi arc the speculators who have gam
' On sunshine Avhen there was a storm
I A'isibly coming. Venturesome citizens * f this
' class are having just now an uncomfortable
time. *But the legitimate business of the na
i Hon is steadily getting itself into shape for
' some rears of difficulty and trial, and it will
j probably show that “forewarned is forearm
ed.”
PRICE 5 CENTS
A WSREPraifflON,
BY I-UKE SHARP.
From The Detroit Free Press.
Lillian Aston was a silly little affectfon
* t< woman, who loved her husband and wlmse
lusbantl loved her. They uere recently mar
i. >' '. H * so recently that 'Tom Axton
, 1 ‘""I out that his wife had
.1 so umly nn head at all lor s)le
o I*l not kel . p Tllpy b( . wih | pl . ( , ( j
he mm ;i i Wil y s in ;i tl() . )( . I( . ss
mi< Mas l)ke the woman who. I,.*i-i- m*ge.l to
Keep some account of her exi.emlitme, tri
mnphamly showed her himhaml h,*,* bl ,„k
with Hie two entries on the d**htor am! cred
l Hoi side, "Roeeivcd $50," mid "spent it ”
and who was exceedimdy pleased to see that
th'* Otho'*' 1 t '"’ ° n<! Si ' le balailCld the on
Lillian hml the most vague idea about
e V ,o her that if a hook were
therefore was imlhnited.
Now, there ma* two things for a man to do
vhen he tm.ls himself i n such a situation
as lorn Axton found himself. One of the
l‘img.s is wise, ami one of tin* things is
foolish. 11 he is a foolish man he will endeavor
to teach ins wife how to ke.p a<*coimts. if
he is a wise man In* will simply ntake up
Jus mind to earn more money mid let. the
meoimts go. So Tom Axton. being wise,
botheied his wife very little about account
settled the bills when they eame in as well
as he was able, ami bent his energies to
wards the a-iumulating of a good and reli
able balance at the bank.
•Hid' 1 ?./ 0 'o USS ° U very comfortably
and pleasantly until winter set in.
"ne mgut when Join came home. Airs
wom-m kind of
th" In- apparent costliness of tlm garment
u.is .i deJu.-ion. that. a. woman who had i>e
e nnino ’"7“ 'T'' i ’ 1 at the be-
T l ’ a ,' i . l , ar ' l "‘“ter had little else to
ask lor until the spring.
'i'ojn did -.>me figuring, mid found that a
ihi'eij for pj 10 Would be honored at bis bank,
.uni lean* stilt a little credit remaining.
His overcoat was on next morning, ami he
was just about to depart for his office, when
lie opened the drawer of tin* table in ids
loom, look out iiis cheek book mid wrote a
check to the order of his wife for S2oo
Mrs Lillian was overjoyed, but Tom was
away before she could thank him. She looked
at the eheck witli the ink still wet upon it,
waved it lor a moment in the air to drv it
;m*l then held it lightly with its face' to
wards tin* Open tire that was blazing on the
hearth. How it happened she never knew,
but the check gave a little curl at the corner,’
.'iml burst into flame in her hands. She drop
ped it. tried to snatch it again, but the charred
remnants escaped up tin* chimney.
Mrs. Lillian's face became ns white as the
ashes on the hearth, and she sank into tli *
arm-chair beside the lire, covering her face
with her hr.uds.
Wil’s "'opened to him
Stead of by his jvife. which av.-is unusual,
There was panic in her face.
“(Hi. sir!” she said, “have you seen the
nl ’“fh*> missis!” said Tom. “No. Isn’t she
K “No sir” said the girl, looking ns if she
were going to * ry. "after yon left this morn
in,r sir she took on nwful, iiihl Ih»‘H
went aAvav. I thought perhaps she had gone
in the linllway without removing
his <‘o:it. thunderst wk. through ins un
snsnicions n’.’iul Unshed Ihe - ’i - <«r
the cas**. The eh**ek for S2(K); the ‘taking
on.” and tile departure.
Tom throAA’ himself doAvn Avith bis oack-,.ar
still on, in tlie arm-chair by 1 tie lire, and
tried to think over the situation. Ihe al*s >
bite uselessness of starting out in-the mgUt
ami trying to find her was the lirst limu' that
impress**.! itself upon s
giving notice t*« th** police. lh**.ti<k<'t s**,.« r
jf; tb*. railroad station kncAV his AMf** and
would TurliJips remember it s.ie buuuiit .<
ticket for anv l*la**e. The first thing evnh'iit l.v
Io do was to find out if She left tin* suburb,
and if possible, where she nad gone to
rn-e core lie called np the servant girl.
•* Hd did Mrs. Axon leave >!'“ I>'> us e
•e» n. \\ iib some b.es'Untmn.
-I ’think so-’’ said th(‘ girl, “but I don’t
know. 1 heard th*? front door close, ami a
whib‘ after I found that she wa> ai>d
Avhen she did not come back to lunch I did
not know what to do. ’
• it i< all right.” said I om. with a eon*
fidence he himself was far front feeling. I
think I know where sh** lias gone. A friend
Os hers is ill. Sh*. has very likely been de
tained. 1 will go and iniiig her home.
Xml so. putting on his hat. lie rcsohod to
g<? down ami see the man at the railroad sta
tion When In* closed th** front door behind
him’ ami went down th.* steps toward tlie
-ate. lie saw in the darkness tin* Hgitiy of a
av* man avlio seemed to have been loitering
there, ami who now hurried away.
As he eame out into tin* street something of
i..:,. ,*-.-i lent desire not to be seen, convinced
him Unit the retreating figure was that of
his wife. He f* *i**wed quickiy ami as soon
•is sin* noticed this she broke into a run.
’ seeing that she could not get away, she
stopped’at a lamp post, leaning against it,
ami as he eame up to her he heard the shud
dering cry:
■*(}b. Tom" ... ,
"1 illian ” be said hoarsly. grasping her
wrist, "what is the meaning of this? Have
'4h4l*':iin'd against the lamp post ami wtpt.
•’•Come." lie said briefly, ami Avithout re
sis‘ ii'*'i* sb** accompanied him in silence bro
ken oiilv in- h**r *ibs. back to tin* house.
The girl’let them in. and at once surmised
be tlie grief of her mistress that the friend
Ul-.i was i"' iiad died.
Tom led his wife into their sitting room,
•ind there sin* sank into tin* chair, covering
her face will' her hands. She saw by his
st**rn demeanor that lie suspected her guilt.
He dosed Ihe door, then standing before
her. said st* i nly .
“Lillian. ' want an explanation.
“Oh. Tom. Tom.” she said piteously,
“Don't, look at me like that, or J shall never
be able to tell you the truth.”
“You musi tell me the truth, no matter how
I I look."
• That eheck, that check." sin* moaned.
“Well, Avliat about it What has the check
to do Avith your going away?” r>
"The check.” sin* murmured, "is gone.
“Who has it? Did you cash it, and have
vou lost the money?" . ...
“I have lost rhe money," she sanl. mil
I did not cash tin* cheek. It aviis burned.
"Burned! XVlio burned it?” .
"*>. I did it by accident. I was drying the
ink before tin* lit*'- and somehow it caught,
anil I had not presence of mind enought to
S ’"ihit what has al! that to do with your rue.*
ning away:
She looked up at him in surprise.
“It has evevthiug to do Avith it.” she sails
“[ could not ’face you after losing 5200.”
•‘Hood gracious. I,illian,, he cried, a light
breakingin upon him. “You surely don t im
agine you have lost anything by the burning of
tl "Was it not for $2'10?” she asked in jur
-I,riTmn’s overstrained feelings gave way.
Hi* sit doAvn on the chair and laughed.
“Lillian.” he said at last, “is that Ml?”
‘•All " she cried, astonished at his behavior.
"Is not ' enough, when we have so little
' n ‘!*Mv' dear girl.” he said rising and kissing
■•• the ehe-k is Iml a piece of paper. It
! •'not i'k(* a bank Th** burning of a
la.oek ii nothing. It only puts me to the
, lbil . Os writing another. Ignorance may
l>e bliss, but it Ims given me a very bad half
a "im*ir‘me," said the little womaii. looking
at him with wide eyes. "What in the world
did von suspect?”
“Nothing,” said Tom. l l. .. ...
