Show THE LEMUR A CHARMING PET eha in hit naturalist on the prowl describes little animal servants afraid of him pets are of all sorts boris one of the mos roost t amusing and nd attractive Is described s by eha in lili his naturalist on the prowl this tile little animal was a lemur and besides many gentle and caressing ways it seemed as it if it possessed a certain sense of humor says bays eha 1 I used to take its soft hand band and examine xa mine its pretty nalls nails each hand had bad one long sharp claw such a curious arrangement puzzled roe until one daya day a flea showed rne me the use of 0 that claw it bit the lemur under the ribs I 1 expect the little beast had reason to bo be thankful that nature had spared pared one too toe when it promoted it to the order ot of four handed animals there never was a more charming pet pat ile he took life so gayly and the antt ants s were so original when my man let him out of his cage in the morning he would scamper straight to my bedroom look round with largo eyes brimming over with mild curiosity and lightly as a rubber ball spring to my dressing table where he be would examine everything then he would bound across the bed and land on my shoulders handle my ears gently wondering what was in tho the hole bole and thrusting in his long tongue to find and out that was beyond human endurance and I 1 would roll the little follow fellow into a ball wind his long fully tall about him film and line fling him into the bed lie ile would be unwound in a moment and would skip away to explore some come more his hind legs being longer than hla his fore he be walked slowly with his head down don but when in a hurry he would stand up and bound along like a kangaroo tall in the air arms arina extended lingers fingers spread looking like nothing one ever saw the servants Ber vanta regarded him as uncanny and fled at hla his approach lie he would give chase and there never was finer sport than to see BOO the fat butler in full flight up the long stairway wath the gleeful little demon after him three steps at a bound youths companion |