Show THE I A B New York Sun oft the coast of Sicily The steamship was t ly for the Gibraltar straits Time night was warm the sea was calm the sky clear niI bright Sam Jones A B and a bait dozen of his hay peacefully in the moonlight on thc deck dreaming Now and then Sam was heard to mut mutter ter about The Girl I Left behInd Me by one of the I watch who was gazing meditatively over I the part rail at the moon but thero was no thought of danger Where could dan gem lurk 41 SUCh as this Alt was quiet save the dull of thc ships the swish of time vaters swirling under the hosts and the soni of Sam SamOn On such a night as this I Troilus ceale the Trojan wall quoted be who lit the moon dream fly all of the momentous events come gazed dreamily em and saw not aa there stealthily out from the black shadows nil time forward cabin alley a dark that atop peti and cocked jis head in caution at atthe the sight of ti sleepers It was Indeed i stealthy figure and after it had Itself that the const was clear ft turned amid beckoned tt taco out of the darkness crept stealthy thures of hike appearance doz ens of them until there were three Thea slipped away to various parts of tIme ship except the loader and a few followers lie baa a fell design In view at hand Skipping lit a trice to above time cabin Ks was in an the latticed door of a large crate A few moments lumb ling at the Jock and time door was ii Instant there protruded from tIme door a long head mm pair of long ears followed by a neck and then a dark body heavily built at the rear The thing squatted on its haunches for a moment 0 IWO blinking In time moonlight but only for a The others of the stealthy band below had followed their and immediately they set upon It with fury The thing struggled in vain to them of for a while anti then it suddenly rare in the air toward th moon three of its as on its back I Ten feet below Sam Jones and his mates were still sleeping I while lie at the rail still gazed dreamily at the moon Sam lay with taco upturned to the a about lis hiis and his whole expression of ceramic content It was wasa a sweet dream that Sam was dream dreaming ing Oh Katie loar signed Sam Yip Yap Ouch lie at the rail turned at this sudden uproar struck to the heart with terror Iii r dark heap on tue desk he sew various beings pinto so anti what In time name of Davy it Front the bottom at last Sam What is it ye say ho yelled blood dawn hl face and gasping for his breath one o them dad dadI I loose anil about monkeys They on em with one hand and caressing me ct mind cheek with the other and tue Hi was buck in Lancaster hall the time the blighters It would be jolly well right to cut the throats of and Sam gave the bewildered kangaroo a vicious kick There were some who laughed and then Sam did too and said Jets get time bastie back iti Is cage anti thea well get artor time Sam made it gnu for the disturber of his dreams but Ic timers was there Whim mighty the fright frightened ened animal hati left the deck soared high over time rail and plunged into time Mediterranean is wimy only one of two kanga roes shipped from Australia arrived on the she put in at New NewYork York time day but what time muon keys did before they were caged again is yet story |