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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1875)
November. Ide-whiskers and citizens' dress gave him a touch older appearance than when I last net mm. Ushering me into a large, handsomely urnished room, I beheld, with surprise, ing upon the bed, a young man the very ounterpart of what Oscar De Luce had een when I first met him. But I had no time for surprised conjcc ire, for from a bow-window Nanita came fcrward to greet me the same beautiful ereature I had met in the wilds of India. I " And this is my twin brother Leon, of WlOm VOll havfl HPlfr ltAarrl mo cnanb " laid Oscar anil Manila w,n:i,,. t.air . nuu retiring, i approacnea me tied and gmspcu tne nana 01 tne wounded man, who was so strikingly like his brother that I should readily have addressed him as such. Leon weakly clasped my hand, and Oscar said, angrily, 1" This is the work of that hound, De Villors. for rmlv Ian! nirt,t l.a .. 1 q. 1,1. .an !uui f Lon through with his sword; but 1 will explain. ; ' f Years ago Leon ran off from home on some romantic notion, and went to sea. . The ship he sailed in was lost with all on . board, we believed ; but he managed to t miraculously escape, became a prisoner to : the Arabs, and, after long years, eluded I their watchful eyes, fled from them, and re t turned home a few months since. , " Dc V.'"er8 recvered from the wound I gave him, and after longer service, in which his brother officers say he was love S mad, he obtained leave, and sailed for r France. "There he passed a long time in sword and pistol practice, and, coming to Eng 1 land, sought me out at my club, and the ; madman determined to take my life. Unfortunately he met Leon at the door, i believed him to be myself, and dared him to follow him into one of the private wilh I drawing-rooms, at the same time heaping I upon him constant abuse. j "Nothing loth, Leon followed him, and, drawing from beneath his cloak two swords, the madman challenged him to meet him. I f llelicving him to be a maniac, and that I he would kill him, Leon accepted, and De Villers ran him through the body. ! "Jlc would have again driven his sword ' Jtjl prostrate and bleeding antagonist , had not I entered in search of Leon, whom asetvaufhad told me had gone that way. l horror I beheld my mad rival, and, as i then believed, my dead brother, and I struck De Villers to the door. 1 , "pon 1 01 once removed home; and, thank Clod, the surgeons say that his wound is not fatal. f "Just before you came, mv friend, a gentleman, a Frenchman, called with a challenge from De Villers, and I referred him ,to Captain Fontaine, of the Guards, whom I since recall is not in England; so 1 beg that you will act for me ha! yonder returns the Frenchman now ; please go dowa and meet liim, and explain my mis take about Fontaine." ! 1 did as requested, and in a short while all preliminaries were arranged for the meeting. kThe nest morning Oscar De Luce left ngland for an appointed rendezvous in Spain, and the same train carried De Vil lers and his second. 1 After a pleasant sail across the Channel, and run through France, we reached our destination, near an inn in the mountains. I When we mot nnnn il.a H..U r i -i"' in-iu ui nwiiur .the sun was setting in brilliant beauty, and uiiicii.u sauiy uscar ue i.uce gazed upc It, while his mad rival, De Villers, st' with fcce pale and burning eyes, his v " manner indicative of a determination '' the man who had been more succ Love's lottery than himself. r 1 It was the last sunset that I villas ever saw in this world ; terce-combat, Oscar De Li trough the breast. I Saddened by the unfo- j na, o una alas! that Bed of his wound on the Je Villers had met his d ircunWancc lightened liter at having slain in il uvat, n iiy do you wn l uenutitul youi p ranger, at a ' b since. " I I 1' renlied tli ratn (to when It -yor splendor d 1 - i V My son," snii rare, of prcjudic ito, and men's n ojudices cet i toubtful ifthev THE WEST SHORE. MONKEYS. BY A.V ENGLISHMAN. There are people who like monkevs They it is who must be the true link be tween us and monkeys, just as monkevs make the link between them and the lower animals. In irty opinion, one must be, as it were, a semi-Simian to endure the soc'ietv or even the sight of monkeys. I have, as I hare caiil nn. .L I . . , v '"iMuiv w nat- ever with them my dignity will not admit ... . s a aiaiu lasunan might feel in company with a low comedian of the lalais Royal. Their grimaces make me uncomfortable; their liall humanity shocks me; their hideous community of feature with some of my dearest friends is horrible to me. A nartv nf m,. rtt staring, with faces expressive of various stages of idiotic delight, at the antics of caged monkeys in a menagerie is to me a mlihil and n nninr..l .--I- '. .. . ,,ui sinxiacie it is enough to persuade a man of the truth of Darwin ism. Mr. Gladstone, who not long ago de plored the fact that his special duties gave him no leisure to read Darwin and Wallace and to make up his mind upon the doctrine of evolution, might perhaps now find time to spend an hour in front of the monkev house in the Zoological Gardens. He would, I am sure, come away a strong be liever in Ihia facliinnl.U .1 1, . ... .nuwu uutiriuc. let monkeys have many pleasing qualities. ...v v. in,.- ntics are very gentle, and callable of rnni.lr,ral,l, nfrt: .1 j , .v, unttuuu luwaru human beings. There is, however, that about monkeys in this country, at lea't which should effectually stand in the way of thpir hnpntninff nn Tl I , ' : ey nave almost always, every one of them, the seeds of a ...... wuaunipiiuu, ulclr uves are ncary g WaVS tn hfi mnaciirnrl I... n f... L , u j n ,cw iiiuuuis, ana their antics are none the fewer that they are racked every now and then by a dry hectic cough. Their ill health depresses them, mm. ..uui,iiS !. uepnvc tnem ot their love Of misrhief and l)ii r-nnlmoi f u..ar , WUIUI u( uuuuoncn and depression is one reason why a tame monkey makes one of the most melancholy of pets. They are ghastly humorists; they ii. wiwu in en-agon ana out; tncir gaycty is like that ascribed to the Chinese, who laugh to see the executioner flog or behead a criminal A mnnL.n..' k... . t - i ...u.,nLJ b Hiiiiiui is oi a Kina that 1 could never enter into. It is found- cu on tne doing ol miscluer. Let the man who does not believe me watch a monkey 1.10,111(5 nun iup)ies or Kittens, and com pare their innncpnt nla-nilcD ,.,;,u ,i.A cruel tricks the monkey will put upon them. My own monkey pined awav, and in two months after he came to me was in the last slace of consumption Ii ao -.-,1.1 d.: winter weather. He crouched near tlie fire, feeble and exhausted, looking at me, as sick animals will do, with reproachful eyes, as if I was responsible for his suffer ings: bill almnct In ihn lni. l. i.i 7 ' " '" i"1" ui; nuulU UU mischief, pulling a burning coal on to the ....... 111-1 ub, ui ueuiug a cup 01 tea it it stood within reach of him. Notwithstand ing bis wickedness, he was affectionate. And I was ircttimr rernnrilcl in l,;m ...t. he died. A lady of rural nsiicet entered a store tlio other day, and asked to see some mi ' TI10 clerk, think' ,t inquired ' ceus' ' ' si- GOOD NIGHT. Magic words, suggestive at once u! uowny couciies aim sott repose. Sweet words, when breathed by af fectiormto lips full of living tetider ness, soothing tlie weary one like the melting strain ot a distant harp, borne to the ear on the soft breath of ovenitiff after n av nf fiitimm and toil wclcomo precursors of soft siuiuuers ana golden dreams. Good night ! 'Tig the sweet adieu to loved and dear ones who, with tho good night kiss yet warm upon their hns. are nhnuf n, .!,,;,. n. fairy regions of drcnmlaud. "(Jood ingui ; mm we leave the giddy Whirl Of liti' hnav afnirn nrl ...til. draw for awhile hrOiiiid iIia until summoned by the usher of Uliwiltllff QllV to rnnrmoni. no lino.. actors 111 the grand drama of life. uuuh iiigm 1 aim, resigning our selves to tho protection of tho Great Invisible, we sink slowly, softly, do liciously into tho arms of Morpheus, whose soothing caresses soon spirit us nwny into tho fairy Elysium Whore, oblivious nf rnnl mvo n.,,1 sorrows, we revol for awhile in the iiew-iounu uui. siiort-nvcd happiness of dreamland's blissful Eden. Good night ! and tho weary, way-worn traveler flies on wings of enchant ment to liict ilistnnr linmn ml the caresses of his friends and fam ily, bood mglit! and tho piping Invar pliiarta iliA lnniy.nl.an.. 1 1 ."..t-ouut 11,11 who to Ins breast. Good night ! and tho uieiiioriu prossesineyioiding couch, the wearv head rrmnand iinnn tl,n doWHV llillow. and illstnntlv wn nm iiun.y iciieiiisiiig 1110 10V0118 Uavs Ot 1.1:. .r.. 1 l . 1 1! 1 uiinsiiii pusi, mm nnii ourselves treading the soil of some distant clime we have long wished to be hold, or suddenly arrivo at tho at tainment of some long-eovetod ob ject. (JoOll lliirllf! Kind t.nn,li.i. 'tin growing lute; soft sltiinbors and sweet ioiuua iu iu I, llliu 10 an uooil night ! MAID AND WIFE. Marriago Is to a woman at ohm tho happiest nnd saddest event of her lite; it is tho pronnso of future bliss raised on tho deatli of present enjoyment. She quits her homo, her parents, her companions, her amusements everything on which she hns hithorto depended for coin fort, for affection, lor kindness, and for pleasure. Tho parents by whose advico sho has been guided ; the sister to whom sho has dared to iiu part tho very embyro thought and feeling; tho brother who lias played witli her, by turns tho counsellor and the counseled; nnd the younger children, to whom she hasliitherto been the mother and playninte; all are to be forsaken at one fell stroke Svery former tie is loosened, the "mar ui every action is cllllllgcd, she flics with joy iu the untiod V nths before her. Uuoycd up 0 confidence of requited love, us 1011U nnii graceful adieu 1 life that is past, and ttiriw cited Hopes nnd joyous an )n to the liappiuoss to come. 0 to the man that can blight nopes who can treacher 0 such a heart from its enjoyments and wutehful i of homo who can, cow Ibreuk tho illusions which her, and destroy the confi Vh love had inspired. Woe V) hns too carlv withdrawn (plant from tfie props and aoral discipline in which 'ecu nurtured, and yet ett'ort to supply their 11 him is thcrcsponsibil rrors on him who first by his exnmplo, to grow ir iiuiy, anu men e.Ko Weakened sjiirit and Hu rt, to the wild storms temptations of a sinful Ah proverb says, "A kiss (. moustache is aii egg with- ORIENTAL STORY-TKLLRS. Travelers in Persia, China and Japan tell us of professional story tellers and tradition-reciters who, standing in tho streets and market places, toll marvelous tales to all who may choose to listen. Tho fol lowing is one of their C hinese para bles : " Fold, in tho course of his wan derings, coming to a village, knock ed at tho door of a rich woman, and begged permission to enter. ' What !' said she, 'do you think I receive into my hotiso even- roving vaga bond? No, indeed"; it would '1o unbeliltiiiL' a i'i)jiii.'tiihln Go your way ! ' Then ho went to the cottago of a poor woman, who at once bep,pr.il liim , ' ui. sot before htm tho only food siio had a uttlo goat s milk broke a pieeo in uimiu uuu ir, aim said: ' .May Kohi bloss it, that wo mav botli hnvo enough ! ' Sho then prepared him a couch of straw, and when ho fell asleep, perceiving that ho had no shirt, sho wit. n n nil .,;,rht ,i made him one out of some linen sho had earned by her own hard labor. In tho morning sho brought it to him, begging ho would not dospiso her noor eift. After lnmiL favt ui. aceoinpanied him a little way ; and, at parting, Fold said: ' May 'the tirst wumyuii umieruiKO last till even ing ! ' When sho got homo sho bo gnn to measure her linen to see how much was left; and sho went on measuring, and did not come to an end till oveninc. wlmii l...,. 1..... and yard wore full of linen; in short. uuu uiu iiui Know wnat to do with her wealth, ller rich neighbor seeing this, was sorely vexeit, nnd resolved that, micli r.,.,,1 r..i,,.. should not escape her again. A fter ouniu uiuiiius tne traveler enmo onco more to tho villain. sl, m ,,.i moot him, pressed' him to go to her iiouse, treuicu mm to tlie best food sho had, and in tho morning brought him a fiuo shirt of linen, ivhich she had mado somo timo before; but nil night sho kept n candlo burning in her room, that the stranger, if ho awoko. miL'ht suiilircn nlm ivd ti.nlr nig his shirt. After breakfast sho accompanied liim out of the village; and when they parted ho said: 1 .T11y tho first work you undertake last till CVOIlinir ! ' Sim vv,.nt im I " " 111' lllu, thinking the whole time of her linen uuu iimicipating its wonderful in crease; but just then her cows lioimn to low. 'Heinle 1 llli'iisllie inv linen,' said she, ' 1 will quickly fetch tha env4 mmm u-nl,,.. 1 lt.. when sho poured the water info tho trough, her pail never einnlii',1: slm wont on pouring, tho stream in creased, anil soon her house ami yard wero under water. The neigh- bol'8 C'OI 11 1 1 In I II I'll tlillt nvvntlini,, ,.. ruined: the inlili -..i..." ,?,....! and with dilliculty sho saved her me, iur waier never censed Mowing until tho setting of the sun." Dons' Tn.s. A II nlii.m.Ai. !...- nishes tho following: " Every spot ted dog has the end of his tail'whito, and every spotted cat the end of tho tuil black. Of tho fact there can bo no doubt. I havo examined dogs and cats w ithout number iu France, in England, and in America, and al ways noticed the same result. Tho dog allair is not original with mo, but the cat is. Our former minister to Juiiun, Mr. Harris, tiit mentioned tho tact concerning the doir in a 1. ..I... .1... x . . 1 .,1 tt i. iiui iu uiu .iew 1 oik Junta, pub. lished somo vc:irc uiiu.u 1 f....... looked at many iiuintings of dogs in uiu Kueric 01 runs ami elsewhere in regard to tin- m..l r. .1 ,. there U10 dogs spotted always ' in iui, proving 10 me unit the artists 1....1 : -i 1-- . ..... ...1.1 Hiviiriuiiiy copied alter nature. "GeorL'o. dear, don't von think it is rather extravagant of you to eat nutter with that delicious jam? " No love ; economical. Sumo piece of bread dues for both?"