THE STORY OF BOB. 



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Mimi pleased Bob from the first, though he was careful never 

 to let her forget her proper station. If, for example, she had any 

 food he wanted, or if others showed her special attention, he 

 would seize her chain, draw her up .to him, and bite her forcibly 

 in the neck, which is the time-honored sign of domestic suprem- 

 acy in Borneo. At this she would squeal lustily, but she never 

 offered resistance or showed any kind of resentment. Masculine 

 supremacy is acknowledged in the tribe of Macacus as in that of 

 Cercopithecus. Of- 

 ten Bob would draw 

 Mimi to him to bite 

 her in the neck, ap- 

 parently to remind 

 her of his superior- 

 ity. At night they 

 slept together in one 

 box, each with a soft 

 arm round the oth- 

 er's waist. 



Nanette, who 

 came later, was also 

 of the tribe of 3fa- 

 cacus, but she was 

 of a different branch 

 of the great family. 

 She was much larger 

 than Mimi, nearly as 

 large as Bob him- 

 self. She had lived 

 in a French family, 

 where she had ac- 

 quired her name and 

 her calm,considerate 

 manner. She was a 

 gentle blonde, with 

 a pensive, averted 



face, as though the present was merely an object of toleration 

 with her. Evidently Nanette had had a history, but what that 

 history was no one now can tell. Perhaps there was no history, 

 and her sadly patient expression came from the absence of one. 



Mimi was soon very jealous of Nanette, but without good rea- 

 son, for Bob treated Nanette with uniform contempt, pushing her 

 about and biting her in the neck whenever she came near him. 

 In this Mimi would assist, often seizing Nanette's chain and 

 pulling her about till she was brought within Bob's reach. After 

 a time Mimi's former master returned ; she went back to her 



" ClIlMMY." 



