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Show t W J THE LEMUR A CHARMING PET M Eha In His "Naturalist on the Prowl" H Describes Little Animal 8erv ; I ants Afraid of Him. I A, Pots nro o'f nil Bortfl. Ono of tho B most nnmslng mid nttrncllvn Is do- H r scribed by Elm In bin "Nnttirnlist on B f tho Prowl," This llttlo nnlmnl was n H lemur, mid bcsldco many Bontlo and H fx caressing wnys, it Boomed as If it H f possessed a cartaln boh so of humor. H' At Bays Eha: H jL "I used to tnlto Its soft hand and H p, cxninlno Us pretty nnlls. Each hand H f had ono long, sharp claw. Such a H curious nrrangoinont puzzled mo, tin- H y ': til ono day a Ilea showed mo tho uso H' 1 i of that clnw. It hit tho lemur under H tho ribs. I expect tho llttlo bnnst had H , reason to bo thankful that nature had H ' , spared ono toe when it promoted It to H tho order of four-handed animals. H Thoro never was n moro charming H ' f pet. Ho took llfo so Riiyly, and tho H A nntics wore ho original. When my man L lot him out of his cago In tho morn- H ing, ho would scamper straight to my H bedroom, look round with largo eyes brimming ovor wllh mild curiosity, Hp and, lightly as a rubber ball, spring to H ,T ( my dressing table, whero ho would ex-fir" ex-fir" ' amino everything. Thon ho would U bound across tho bed and land on my H p shoulders, handlo my cars gently, won- H.. dcring what was in tho holo, and HT H thrusting in his long tongue to llnd 1 That was boyond liuninn ondurancc, H' l nml 1 wou,(i ro11 tn I,tii f,iow ,,ito H r ' a ball, wind his long, fully tall about H A him, nnd fling him Into tho bed. Ho K J' would be unwound in n mmnont, nnd i would skip away to oxploro somo more. , His hind legs being longer than his HJ t fore, ho walked slowly, with his head HJ down; but when In n hurry ho would i stand up nnd bound nlong llko a knn- HJ r gnroo, tnll in tho air, nrmB oxtonded, Ifingors Bprond, looking llko nothing ono ovor Baw. Tho servants rogarded him as un-f un-f canny, and fled at his approach. Ho J 1 would glvo chaso, nnd there ncvor was finer sport than to sco tho fat I r butler in full flight up tho long stair- lii way, with tho gleoful llttlo demon III nftcr him, throo stops at n bound. II Youth's Compnnlon . |
