| Show A peculiar pecullar SITUATION I 1 captain once accept accepted eq arho t the ill lil invitation of a prother of officer fleer in 16 tally different part of the island of chey lan to try a few hostilities against chev the elephants of that neighborhood and had bad arrived after a days sport wi within thili thill a mile or two of the bungalow where hs host and hostess were await awatt awaiting ji 1 1 arrival when passing by a delig delightfully 14 a 1 1 ij y cool looking river he thought a plunge would be tile tiie most renovating renova ting luxury in iii existence so a a dip he determined to take sending on his hia servants with his hia guns uns and an intimation that in ten oen minutes minutes he would arrive to dinner stripping accordingly he placing his hia things very carefully upon a stone he began to luxuriate in the water he was a capital swimmer and had swam abam some distance when to his horror and dismay on looking to the place where he had left his habiliments he perceived a dozen monkeys overhauling his entire wardrobe one was putting his legs through tiie the sleeves of his shirt another was cramming his head into his trousers another trying to find if any treasure was concealed in his boots while his hat was a source of wonderment and amusement to some two or three others who were endeavoring to unravel the mystery b by ripping the lining and taking half a dozen 0 zen bites out of the brim blim As soon as he hee had gained h his hia is mental equilibrium for the thing was wa s so ridiculous r idi idl culous as to make him laugh heartily hear bear heartily tily notwithstanding his disgust at seeing his garments turned to such vile purposes he made with all haste baste towards the shore bhore but judge of his hia horror when he saw these precious rascals 11 each catching up what he could lay hold of rattle off at full speed into the jungle not poor rogers even the vestige of an article of raiment to cover himself himsel fl all ho he heard beard was the glorious chattering as they one by one disappeared the last one lugging duggin off his shirt which being rather awkward wk ard to carry was continually tripping him up by getting between his legs here was a pretty pickle for a christian under a broiling sun and here he stayed d until the inmates of the bunga alta we abw beginning to suspect some acci dent came out in search and found poor rogers sitting up to his neck in water in a frame of body and mind which we may conclude io to be more easily imagined than described |
