. By Te uae? MWe 9 erick. W.Mitchell: Ly Coyprighted 1908. American Mutual Newspaper Association. since there was no fttle excitement throughout the South, caused by the announcement that monkeys had been proved to be wholly capable as cotton pickers and of course much cheaper than native mbor. All sorts of stories were in the pir, some partly true and many wholly Mise, until finally some newer and ater sensation relegated this one to forgetfulness. JA couple of years since, I received y visit from my old California part- per, who had settled in the South, and aow owned one of the finest small plantations in the State. From him { heard the story first hand, as he him- self was responsible for it. As we sat around the blazing log fre in my Virginia home, and smoked snd talked of our early days in Call fornia and the Territories, he sudden- ¥ broke out into his hearty laugh and ald: “Fred, did you ever hear of my monkey trade, and how they picked my cotton for me, and raised merry job all through our part of the state? | : replied that since he asked the ques don, I seemed to recollect having read something to that effect, only tha t was but a very faint impression, and had probably been dismissed from my mind as a “fake” story, “No,” he answered, “it was abso futely true, and I yet believe it could be made a thorough and complete success, not only in the cotton fields, put in large orchards and perhaps among the smaller fruits and berries. “You know,” he continued, “that be- side my plantation I have several good Some years and I'll make no charge for the plck- ing.’ “l won't bother you with the de- tails,” said my old partner as he re- filled and lighted his pipe. “You re- member I am a great bellever in the Darwinian theory. I like novelty and never refuse to investigate a new idea because it appears to be out of the common. I did investigate this one, very thoroughly, and pald several visits to the vessel where the mon- keys were kept. I could almost con- verse with the big leader, who proved to be the finest and most intelligent animal I ever saw. The more like a human being I treated him, the more attached to me he seemed to become, while I noticed that he at once re- sented any famillarity towards me by the others. ' “After some thought as to how the darkies would regard this remarkable innovation of what they might con- sider thelr rights, I made the trade. In company with the sallor who answered to the name of Fernando, [ ordered my darkies out onto the lawn and explained to them what I proposed to do. I added, I wanted neither them nor any of the men on the adjoining plantations to get it into their nigger brains that this would in any way affect their posi. tions, Jt had taken this man years of hard patient labor to educate these animals to work, and probably no others would ever be imported for such a purpose; that none of my men who cared work would be discharged, as there would always be of to plenty mines in Georgia, the working of which while not of a bonanza nature, | adds quite materially to my income “One morning a short thicl tn of forty, whose rolling gait plain- ly betokened the sailor, walked up my roadway and to the plazza, where I sat talking with my overseer and | enjoying my morning pipe. The two large flelds of cotton on either side an 8¢ of the road were about ready to pick, | THE BlG APE GRASPED and | was busy planning upon which field I should commence, or whether 1 had better divide my force and of. fer some inducement for the party bringing in the largest quantity in the quickest time and leaving the cleanest picked field, “The visitor touched his cap with the forefinger of his right hand, and asked in fairly good English, ‘Are you the one the darkies call the Cap tain?” [I sald, ‘Yes, what can I do for you?” He came up the steps un- invited, drew a chair to my side and banded me half a dozen big, black cigars, which, | may add, proved about the finest 1 ever have smoked. ‘Cap tain,’ he sald, ‘1 want to sell you 125 monkeys, or rather 1 want to trade them for an interest in the Buffalo gold mine. I am an old miner and am tired of knocking round I was through the Buffalo yesterday and while she isn't the richest in the world, a few thousand dollars would open her out wonderfully.’ “ ‘Even admitting that I were will ing to take you as my mining partner,’ 1 asked, ‘what the devil would I do with 125 monkeys? [I think I could use one as a playmate fo the chil dren. They feel y lonely since thelr mother's death.’ “He waved his hands toward the two big fields with thelr snow white sovering “Speak out, man,’ I sald. time for any nonsense.’ “"Well, ho continued, ‘Il was never more earnest In my life. Monkeys, a8 you know, are great imitators; all of my 126 have picked cotton on an island in the Pacific, where 1 was stranded four years ago, and thelr leader Is as Intelligent as a man. | will guarantee that If you will place him by the side of your best picker, at the close of the day, he will "be at least one hundred pounds ahead. Wait now,’ placing his had on my knee, ‘your superintendent at the mine says you have offersd a half interest for $10,000.00, I wvalne my monkeys at $100 each, but I will make you an even exchange. 1 will oversee thelr work for the first three days, and If twice as much cotton has not been picked as by an equal number of nrett » T've no extra work at the mines, and I tried to explain to them that this was solely an experiment of my own. After the cotton was picked, if it resulted as Fernando sald it would, I should take a contract to pick my bor's 100-acre peach orchard, What we should find for our Simian friends to do during the cold weather would have to be left for future considera tion. THE DARKEY'S WRIST, “Most of my darkies looked upon the whole matter as a joke and went away laughing and Jjollying each other, but a few muttered and shook their heads, and acted as if they might prove troublesome. One of the latter sald, evidently Intending that I should hear, that he'd be damned If he'd work on a plantation where they employed beasts, “lI had had trouble with the man at several different times. He was a powerfully bulit negro, nearly six feet four inches In his bare feet, and when not In liquor, holding the record of the fastest and cleanest cotton pick- er in the section. But he had a very surly disposition, and was too fond of threatening his fellow workmen with his big knife, which. was half as long as an Austrian sabre, and which he kept as sharp as a razor. 1 had cautioned him about this and told him that if I ever saw him draw that knife on any one, black or white, 1 would shoot him without warning. He was well aware of my facllity with a re volver and was generally obedient to my orders. After his remark above, however, | told him that I was get. ting tired of his insubordination, and ordered him to report to the cashier, get his pay and for the future keep off the plantation. “About two o'clock day, Fernando came road with three twohorse what proved the funniest unique freight that gates, The occupants of the cages were evidently a little frightened at thelr new surroundings, and thelr chat terings were quite subdued. Olid Pythagoras, however, their leader, sat on the front seat by the side of Fer. nando, as quiet and dignified as any Judge, and seemingly as stoleal as an American Indian, But his eyes beamed cordially and he gmiled as nearly as a monkey could smile, as ho swung himself from the seat and bounded up the steps to greet me. “The monkeys were permitted to run and romp for a couple of hours, their leader sitting by my side most of the time, smoking ona of our pipes with much seeming enjoyment and after the manner of a sober old Dutch. the * third up the wagons of and most entered our on driving ever darkles, you may call the trade off man, He occasionally laid It aside and went out to his family evidently forbidding them to do thig or that or ordering them to be wi quiet, at least expressing some sort of super vision of their actions, “At seven o'clock he and Fernando went among them, giving some sharp commands, and they went quietly to] their cages, which were fastened by I"ernando. The rest of us sat on the porch smoking, and part of the time I played on my banjo, which latter appeared to greatly please my vieitor, Soon after nine, as we were prepar- ing to go to our rooms, the monkey chief, Pythagoras, pulled my coat sleeve and walked ahead of me to mine, Taking a blanket that hung {upon & peg, he motioned as if he wanted to take it back to the piazza. I nodded my permission and he went out with it, spread it and almost asked me in so many words if he could sleep upon it. I laughingly said: ‘Make yourself perfectly at home, old fellow,” at which he grinned back at me as if he accepted it as a compli- ment, and curled himself upon the blanket with a great grunt of satis- faction, where 1 left him. “The next morning brought out the monkeys, Fernando divided the picking. Pythagoras would lead one gang for a while and then hurry over to the head of the other, run- ning back to sce if any cotton had been skipped and like the most com- petent overseer, keeping a watchful | supervision over the whole work. { Nothing like it had ever been known on any plantation. “Wo stopped an hour at noon and by night, by actual weight all for er records had been beaten by over one-half. What also appeared very remarkable was that the ers seemd u and when when cor {was a repetl before retiring men moving around near the and twice Pythagoras utterir | grunt darted down the steps ing and shaking his head {as if som ing, how wer m= to the it peigh- | v aat Q af 5 Ol had closes but now ing soft gharp instru A faintly heard wot, the room Seemed 0 and every. thing went black as I fell back sense- less, “Several days opened my ¢ sciousness and that interval, I | from those to whose a8: 1 11 of arr 1ii OL HIN i ¢ ] 1 fi had passed before I to returnin t 1 it » ATI} The | crawls d {the « murder, My watch the floor and my n able diamond pin wd been thrust in the pocket of his biouse, Pythagoras | bad evidently heard the noise, slight as or perhaps his sense of mell was, as Fe ndo sa ¢, &n nd aside, in vid nt VINE LL if = iL Was, y be “1 do not | know whether or n Pythagoras's intuition AVE Eiven Lila a for when Fernando and 1 rushed In with lights, they saw that the big ape had grasped the darkey’s right wrist which held the knife, with his right hand, and twisted an wrist i of the key's great strength, while the len ngers {of his left band were pressed tightly { around the throat of the darkey whom | he had evidently strangled with com- | parative ease. All would have been well had 1 lain still, but my sudden rising had not only plunged the knife into my own neck, but caused the fall | of the revolver which fired the fatal 13% & roken 1 the ite dar or fi shot, the big bullet plowing through | and [admirers in Cheyenne, Wyoming. to faithful Pythagoras’s brain killing him instantly. “We gave the body of the darke; to some of his friends, but Pythagoras was buried under a beautiful live oak, and upon the mound, after I recovered, I placed a marble slab Inseribing upon it the words ‘Faithful to the | Death.’ “Oh, you ask what became of the rest of the monkeys and my experi ment! Well, after the doctor sald | mitted me to walk Fer nando take sume the about, I had them out and try to cotton picking, which darkies had meanwhile nearly com pisted. They had been very uneasy ind had shown so much restlessness that the moming and evening hours {of relaxation had been abandoned. “They would give low plaintive moans and cry out like children when hurt and when released Instead of romping and ju: gather in groups and chatter together as if talking over so) ey wo i! i the o trouble. of the plantation and point away off | “" is 80 Fernando sald | 1 | Where lies a human tossing on a bed of towards the South he would not was well enough y personal attention let them to until matte out the That give y .to them and tried to act as y as possible as old Pythagoras i but it proved uphill work {I was sitting on a fallen tree near that timber over to the left partially concealed by some bushes, watching the work and wondering how it would all turn out, when | saw two of the monkeys skulking in my direction, evi dently trying to escape to the woods I had my revolver with me, not on thelr account, but because some of the darkey's friends had been heard to make threats, and as the two motikeys came near to me, stood up and ordered them back. The larger one, a female, instead of retreating an I supposed ghe would, immediately picked up a big stone and threw it at me, Though the distance was con: siderabld, and she must have been surprised to see me, the alm was so true that It knocked my hat off, and for a moment I thought I was to be ind} near! 1 done, | Evolution, we can afford to laugh at them into two gangs, and commenced | | me | 3 | re- | | Cana iping as at first, would | Then | troop down to the corner And do my kindly unseen work r i Fhoughts whirling morn. ! n ing Fernando took the lead and spoke A Woman } i— the principal in another life and death struggle. As she drew her arm back for another throw, at the same time advancing rapidly, 1 fired. She pitched forward uttering a most unearthly sereech and in a moment all the other monkeys were flying wildly to the southerly point of the woods and ghortly had vanished entirely from view. “What finally became of them? We never knew positively, but hunt. ers and travellers report that the Everglades in Florida for the past few years have been full of monkeys, and that they appear tame and friend- ly, but are in mortal terror of a gun and if the traveller approaches too close they shake their heads violent ly as if saying: ‘No more cotton picking for us. “Fernando was at first quite discon- golate at his loss but I made him foreman of the Buffalo “mine, gave him a generous share of the stock, and he has proven a splendid man for the position, so that the returns are very satisfactory to each of us. Except when we think of the sad fate and mourn the untimely loss of that remarkable Darwinian Specimen of our first attempt to utilize the Miss ing Link." Ee. Kcrmit Roosevelt. Kermit Roosevelt, second son of the President, is to a considerable portion of the public the least known member of the Roosev family and yet he is one of the most interesting. 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