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Show THE LEMUrt A CHARMING PET Eha In His "Naturalist on the Prowl" Describes Little Animal Servants Serv-ants Afraid of Him. Pets are of all sorts. One of the most amusing and attractive Is described de-scribed by Eha In his "Naturalist on the Prowl." This little animal was a lemur, and besides many gentle and caressing ways, It seemed as If It possessed a certain sense of humor. Says Eha: "I used to take Its soft hand and examine its pretty nails. Each hand had one long, sharp claw. Such a curious arrangement puzzled me, until un-til one day a flea showed me the use of that claw. It bit the lemur under the ribs. I expect the little beast had reason to be thankful that nature had spared one toe when It promoted it to tho order of four-handed animals. There never as a more charming pet. He took life so gayly, and the antics were so original. When my man let him out of his cage in the morning, morn-ing, he would scamper straight to my bedroom, look round with large eyes brimming over with mild curiosity, and, lightly as a rubber ball, spring to my dressing table, where he would examine ex-amine everything. Then he would bound across the bed and land on my shoulders, handle my ears gently, wondering won-dering what was in the hole, and thrusting In his long tongue to find out. That was beyond human endurance, and I would roll the little fellow into a ball, wind his long, fully tail about him, and fling him into the bed. He would be unwound in a moment, and would skip away to explore some more. His hind legs being longer than his fore, he walked slowly, with his head down; but when in a hurry he would stand up and bound along like a kangaroo, kan-garoo, tail in the air, arms extended, fingers spread, looking like nothing one ever saw. The servants regarded him as uncanny, un-canny, and fled at his approach. He would give chase, and there never was finer sport than to see the fat butler in full flight up the long stairway, stair-way, with the gleeful little demon after him, three steps at a bound. Youth's Companion . |