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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Minnie's Pet Monkey + +Author: Madeline Leslie + +Release Date: September 14, 2008 [EBook #26618] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MINNIE'S PET MONKEY *** + + + + +Produced by Julia Miller and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was +produced from images generously made available by The +Internet Archive/American Libraries.) + + + + + + +</pre> + + +<div class="tn"> +<p class="titlepage"><b>Transcriber’s Note</b></p> + +<p class="noindent">Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. A <a href="#trans_note">list</a> of corrections +is found at the end of the text.</p> +</div> + +<hr class="chapbreak" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[2]</a></span></p> + + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 342px;"> +<a href="images/illus-002-full.png"><img src="images/illus-002.png" width="342" height="444" alt="A monkey perched above the preacher, copying his arm motions" title="MONKEY IN CHURCH. Page 88." /></a> +<span class="caption">MONKEY IN CHURCH. <a href="#Page_88">Page 88</a>.</span> +</div> + + +<hr class="chapbreak" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[3]</a></span></p> + + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 351px;"> +<a href="images/illus-003-full.png"><img src="images/illus-003.png" width="351" height="500" alt="A seated girl, holding a cat, surrounded by a pony, monkey, lamb, two dogs, and a parrot" title="MINNIE and her PETS. BY MRS MADELINE LESLIE. MINNIE’S PET MONKEY." /></a> +</div> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[4]</a></span></p> + +<hr class="chapbreak" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[5]</a></span></p> + +<h1 class="chapterhead">MINNIE’S PET MONKEY.</h1> + +<p class="titlepage" style="margin-top: 3em;">BY<br /> +<br /> +<span style="margin-top: 1.5em;">MRS. MADELINE LESLIE,</span><br /> +<span style="font-size: smaller;">AUTHOR OF “THE LESLIE STORIES,” “TIM, THE SCISSORS-GRINDER,”<br /> +ETC.</span></p> + +<p class="titlepage" style="margin-top: 3em;">ILLUSTRATED.</p> + +<p class="titlepage" style="margin-top: 3em;">BOSTON:<br /> +LEE AND SHEPARD,<br /> +<span class="smcap" style="font-size: smaller;">Successors to Phillips, Sampson & Co.</span><br /> +1864.</p> + + +<hr class="chapbreak" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[6]</a></span></p> + + +<p class="titlepage" style="margin-top: 3em;">Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by<br /> +A. R. BAKER,<br /> +In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the District of +Massachusetts.</p> + +<p class="titlepage" style="margin-top: 3em;">ELECTROTYPED AT THE<br /> +BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY.</p> + +<hr class="chapbreak" /> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[7]</a></span></p> + + + +<p class="titlepage"><span style="line-height: 2.5em;">TO MY YOUNG FRIEND,<br /> + +HENRY FOWLE DURANT, JR.<br /> + +<b>These Little Volumes</b><br /> + +ARE AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED<br /> + +BY THE AUTHOR,</span><br /> + +IN THE EARNEST HOPE THAT THEY MAY INCREASE IN HIM THAT<br /> +LOVE OF NATURE AND OF RURAL LIFE WHICH HAS EVER<br /> +EXERTED SO SALUTARY AN INFLUENCE IN THE<br /> +FORMATION OF THE CHARACTERS OF<br /> +THE WISE AND GOOD.</p> + +<hr class="chapbreak" /> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[8]</a></span></p> + + +<h2 class="chapterhead">MINNIE AND HER PETS.</h2> + +<hr class="decshort" /> + +<table border="0" style="margin-top: 2em; " summary="0"> +<tr> + <td>Minnie’s Pet Parrot.<br /> + Minnie’s Pet Cat.<br /> + Minnie’s Pet Dog.<br /> + Minnie’s Pet Horse.<br /> + Minnie’s Pet Lamb.<br /> + Minnie’s Pet Monkey.</td> +</tr> +</table> + + +<hr class="chapbreak" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[9]</a></span></p> + + +<h2 class="chapterhead">MINNIE’S PET MONKEY.</h2> + + +<hr class="decshort" /> + +<h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 2em;"><a name="CHAPTER_I" id="CHAPTER_I"></a>CHAPTER I.<br /> + +<span class="chaptitle">JACKO AND HIS WOUNDED TAIL.</span></h2> + + +<p>Did you ever see a monkey? If you have not, I suppose you will like to +hear a description of Jacko, Minnie’s sixth pet.</p> + +<p>He was about eighteen inches high, with long arms, covered with short +hair, which he used<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[10]</a></span> as handily as a boy, flexible fingers, with flat +nails, and a long tail, covered with hair, which seemed to answer the +purpose of a third hand.</p> + +<p>Though monkeys are usually very ugly and unpleasant, from their +approaching so nearly to the human face, and still bearing so strongly +the marks of the mere brute, yet Jacko was a pretty little fellow.</p> + +<p>He had bright eyes, which<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[11]</a></span> sparkled like diamonds from beneath his +deep-set eyebrows. His teeth were of the most pearly whiteness, and he +made a constant display of them, grinning and chattering continually. +But I ought to tell you about his passage in uncle Frank’s ship.</p> + +<p>On one of Captain Lee’s voyages, he touched upon the coast of Africa, +where he saw the little fellow in a hen-coop, just about to be carried +on board a<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</a></span> whaler. The gentleman had often thought he should like to +carry his favorite niece a little pet; but as she already had a parrot, +he did not know what she would wish.</p> + +<p>But when he listened to the chattering of the monkey, and heard the +sailor who owned him say what a funny little animal it was, he thought +he would buy it and take it home to her.</p> + +<p>On the voyage, Jacko met<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</a></span> with a sad accident. The hen-coop in which he +was confined was too small to contain the whole of his tail, and he was +obliged, when he slept, to let the end of it hang out. This was a great +affliction to the poor animal, for he was very proud of his tail, which +was indeed quite an addition to his good looks.</p> + +<p>It so happened that there were two large cats on board ship; and one +night, as they<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[14]</a></span> were prowling about, they saw the tail hanging out while +Jacko was sound asleep; and before he had time to move, one of them +seized it and bit it off.</p> + +<p>The monkey was very indignant, and if he could have had a fair chance at +his enemies, would have soon punished them for their impudence. It was +really amusing to see him afterward. He would pull his bleeding tail in +through the bars of the hen-<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[15]</a></span>coop, and give it a malicious bite, as much +as to say,—</p> + +<p>“I wish you were off. You are of no use to me now; and you look terribly +short.”</p> + +<p>When they reached New York, at the end of their voyage, Captain Lee took +Jacko out of the hen-coop, and put him in a bag, which was carried into +the depot while he was purchasing his ticket. The monkey, who must needs +see every thing<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</a></span> that was going on, suddenly poked his head out of the +bag, and gave a malicious grin at the ticket-master.</p> + +<p>The man was much frightened, but presently recovered himself, and +returned the insult by saying,—</p> + +<p>“Sir, that’s a dog! It’s the rule that no dog can go in the cars without +being paid for.”</p> + +<p>It was all in vain that the captain tried to convince him that<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[17]</a></span> Jacko +was not a dog, but a monkey. He even took him out of the bag; but in the +face of this evidence, the man would persist in saying,—</p> + +<p>“He is a dog, and must have a ticket before he enters the cars.”</p> + +<p>So a ticket was bought, and Jacko was allowed to proceed on his journey.</p> + +<p>The little fellow was as pleased as the captain when he arrived<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[18]</a></span> at the +end of his journey, and took possession of his pleasant quarters in the +shed adjoining Mr. Lee’s fine house. He soon grew fond of his little +mistress, and played all manner of tricks, jumping up and down, swinging +with his tail, which had begun to heal, and chattering with all his +might in his efforts to please her.</p> + +<p>Mr. Lee, at the suggestion of his brother, the captain, had a<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a></span> nice +house or cage made for Minnie’s new pet, into which he could be put if +he became troublesome, and where he always went to sleep. The rest of +the time he was allowed his liberty, as far as his chain would reach.</p> + +<p>Jacko came from a very warm climate, and therefore often suffered from +the cold in the northern latitude to which he had been brought.</p> + +<p>Mrs. Lee could not endure to<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[20]</a></span> see a monkey dressed like a man, as they +sometimes are in shows. She said they looked disgustingly; but she +consented that the little fellow should have a tight red jacket, and +some drawers, to keep him comfortable. Minnie, too, begged from her some +old pieces of carpeting, to make him a bed, when Jacko seemed greatly +delighted. He did not now, as before, often stand in the morning +shaking,<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[21]</a></span> and blue with the cold, but laughed, and chattered, and showed +his gratitude in every possible way.</p> + +<p>Not many months after Jacko came, and when he had become well acquainted +with all the family, Fidelle had a family of kittens, which she often +carried in her mouth back and forth through the shed. The very sight of +these little animals seemed to excite Jacko exceed<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[22]</a></span>ingly. He would +spring the entire length of his chain, trying to reach them.</p> + +<p>One day, when the kittens had begun to run alone, and were getting to be +very playful, the cook heard a great noise in the shed, and Fidelle +crying with all her might. She ran to see what was the matter, and, to +her surprise, found Jacko sitting up in the cage, grinning with delight, +while he held one of the<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[23]</a></span> kittens in his arms, hugging it as if it had +been a baby.</p> + +<p>Cook knew the sight would please Minnie, and she ran to call her. But +the child sympathized too deeply in Fidelle’s distress to enjoy it. She +tried to get the kitten away from Jacko, but he had no idea of giving it +up, until at last, when Mrs. Lee, who had come to the rescue, gave him a +piece of cake, of which he was very fond, he re<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[24]</a></span>laxed his hold, and she +instantly released the poor, frightened little animal.</p> + +<p>Fidelle took warning by this occurrence, and never ventured through the +shed again with her babies, though Jacko might seem to be sound asleep +in his cage.</p> + +<p>Jacko had been at Mr. Lee’s more than a year before they knew him to +break his chain and run about by himself. The first visit he made was to +Leo, in the<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[25]</a></span> barn, and he liked it so well that, somehow or other, he +contrived to repeat the visit quite as often as it was agreeable to the +dog, who never could endure him.</p> + +<p>After this, he became very mischievous, so that every one of the +servants, though they often had a great laugh at his tricks, would have +been glad to have the little fellow carried back to his home in Africa.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[26]</a></span>I don’t think even Minnie loved her pet monkey as well as she did her +other pets. She could not take him in her arms as she did Fidelle and +Tiney, nor play with him as she did with Nannie and her lamb, and he +could not carry her on his back, as Star did.</p> + +<p>“Well,” she said, one day, after discussing the merits of her animals +with her mamma, “Poll talks to me, and Jacko<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[27]</a></span> makes me laugh; but if I +should have to give up one of my pets, I had rather it would be the +monkey.”</p> + + +<hr class="chapbreak" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a></span></p> + + +<h2 class="chapterhead"><a name="CHAPTER_II" id="CHAPTER_II"></a>CHAPTER II.<br /> + +<span class="chaptitle">JACKO BLACKING THE TABLE.</span></h2> + + +<p>One morning, cook went to her mistress with loud complaints of Jacko’s +tricks.</p> + +<p>“What has he been doing now?” inquired the lady, with some anxiety.</p> + +<p>“All kinds of mischief, ma’am. If I didn’t like you, and the master, and +Miss Minnie so well, I wouldn’t be living in the<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[29]</a></span> same house with a +monkey, no ways.”</p> + +<p>Here the woman, having relieved her mind, began to relate Jacko’s new +offence, and soon was joining heartily in the laugh her story caused her +mistress.</p> + +<p>“Since the trickish fellow found the way to undo his chain, ma’am, he +watches every thing that is done in the kitchen. Yesterday I polished +the range, and the door to the oven. I<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[30]</a></span> suppose he saw me at work, and +thought it would be good fun; for when I was out of the kitchen hanging +some towels to dry on the line, in he walks to the closet where I keep +the blacking and brushes, and what should he do but black the table and +chairs? Such a sight, ma’am, as would make your eyes cry to see. It’ll +take me half the forenoon to clean them.”</p> + +<p>“I think you will have to take<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[31]</a></span> a little stick, Hepsy,” said Mrs. Lee, +smiling, “and whip him when he does mischief.”</p> + +<p>“Indeed, ma’am, and it’s little strength I’d have left me to do the +cooking if I gave him half the whippings he deserves; besides, I’d be +sure to get the cratur’s ill will; and they say that’s unlucky for any +one.”</p> + +<p>“What does she mean, mamma, by its being unlucky?” inquired Minnie, when +the cook<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[32]</a></span> had returned to her work in the kitchen.</p> + +<p>“I can’t say, my dear. You know Hepsy has some strange ideas which she +brought with her from Ireland. It may be she has heard of the +superstitious reverence some nations have for the monkey.”</p> + +<p>“O, mamma, will you please tell me about it?”</p> + +<p>“I have read that in many parts of India, monkeys are<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[33]</a></span> made objects of +worship; and splendid temples are dedicated to their honor.</p> + +<p>“At one time, when the Portuguese plundered the Island of Ceylon, they +found, in one of the temples dedicated to these animals, a small golden +casket containing the tooth of a monkey. This was held in such +estimation by the natives, that they offered nearly a million of dollars +to redeem it. But the viceroy,<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[34]</a></span> thinking it would be a salutary +punishment to them, ordered it to be burned.</p> + +<p>“Some years after, a Portuguese, having obtained a similar tooth, +pretended that he had recovered the old one, which so rejoiced the +priests that they purchased it from him for more than fifty thousand +dollars.”</p> + +<p>Minnie laughed. “I should suppose,” she said, “that if cook thinks so +much of monkeys, she<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[35]</a></span> would be pleased to live with them. Do you know +any more about monkeys, mamma?”</p> + +<p>“I confess, my dear, that monkeys have never been among my favorites. +There are a great many kinds, but all are mischievous, troublesome, and +thievish. The dispositions of some of them are extremely bad, while +others are so mild and tractable as to be readily tamed and taught a +great variety of<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[36]</a></span> tricks. They live together in large groups, leaping +with surprising agility from tree to tree. Travellers say it is very +amusing to listen to the chattering of these animals, which they compare +to the shouting of a grand cavalcade, all speaking together, and yet +seeming perfectly to understand one another.</p> + +<p>“In the countries of the Eastern Peninsula, where they abound, the +matrons are often<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[37]</a></span> observed, in the cool of the evening, sitting in a +circle round their little ones, which amuse themselves with their +various gambols. The merriment of the young, as they jump over each +other’s heads, and wrestle in sport, is most ludicrously contrasted with +the gravity of their seniors, who are secretly delighted with the fun, +but far too dignified to let it appear.</p> + +<p>“But when any foolish little<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[38]</a></span> one behaves ill, the mamma will be seen to +jump into the throng, seize the juvenile by the tail, take it over her +knee, and give it a good whipping.”</p> + +<p>“O, how very funny, mamma! I wonder whether Jacko was treated so. Will +you please tell me more? I do like to hear about monkeys.”</p> + +<p>“If you will bring me that book from the library next the one about +cats, perhaps I can<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[39]</a></span> find some anecdotes to read to you.”</p> + +<p>The little girl clapped her hands with delight, and running gayly to the +next room, soon returned with the book, when her mother read as +follows:—</p> + +<p>“A family in England had a pet monkey. On one occasion, the footman +retired to his room to shave himself, without noticing that the animal +had followed him. The little fellow<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[40]</a></span> watched him closely during the +process, and noticed where the man put his razor and brush.</p> + +<p>“No sooner had the footman left the room, than the monkey slyly took the +razor, and, mounting on a chair opposite the small mirror, began to +scrape away at his throat, as he had seen the man do; but alas! not +understanding the nature of the instrument he was using, the poor +creature cut so deep a gash, that<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[41]</a></span> he bled profusely. He was found in +the situation described, with the razor still in his fingers, but +unfortunately was too far gone to be recovered, and soon died, leaving a +caution to his fellows against playing with edged tools.”</p> + +<p>“I hope Jacko will never see any body shave,” said Minnie, in a +faltering voice.</p> + +<p>“Here is a funny story, my dear, about a monkey in the<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[42]</a></span> West Indies. The +little fellow was kept tied to a stake in the open air, and was +frequently deprived of his food by the Johnny Crows. He tried to drive +them off, but without success, and at last made the following plan for +punishing the thieves.</p> + +<p>“Perceiving a flock of these birds coming toward him one day just after +his food had been brought, he lay down near his stake, and pretended to +be dead.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[43]</a></span> For some time, he lay perfectly motionless, when the birds, +really deceived, approached by degrees, and got near enough to steal his +food, which he allowed them to do. This game he repeated several times, +till they became so bold as to come within reach of his claws, when he +suddenly sprang up and caught his victim in his firm grasp. Death was +not his plan of punishment. He wished to make a man of him,<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44">[44]</a></span> according +to the ancient definition, ‘a biped without feathers,’ and therefore, +plucking the crow neatly, he let him go to show himself to his +companions. This proved so effectual a punishment, that he was +afterwards left to eat his food in peace.”</p> + +<p>“I don’t see,” said Minnie, thoughtfully, “how a monkey could ever think +of such a way.”</p> + +<p>“It certainly does show a great deal of sagacity,” re<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[45]</a></span>sponded the lady, +“and a great deal of cunning in carrying out his plan.”</p> + +<p>“I hope there are ever so many anecdotes, mamma.”</p> + +<p>Mrs. Lee turned over the leaves. “Yes, my dear,” she said, cheerfully, +“there are quite a number; some of them seem to be very amusing, but I +have only time to read you one more to-day.”</p> + +<p>“Dr. Guthrie gives an amus<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[46]</a></span>ing account of a monkey named Jack.</p> + +<p>“Seeing his master and friends drinking whiskey with great apparent +relish, he took the opportunity, when he thought he was unseen, to empty +their half-filled glasses; and while they were roaring with laughter, he +began to hop, skip, and jump. Poor Jack was drunk.</p> + +<p>“The next day, his master wanted to repeat the experi<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[47]</a></span>ment, but found +Jack had not recovered from the effects of his dissipation. He commanded +him to come to the table; but the poor fellow put his hand to his head, +and not all their endeavors could induce him to taste another drop all +his life.</p> + +<p>“Jack became a thorough teetotaller.”</p> + + +<hr class="chapbreak" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[48]</a></span></p> + + +<h2 class="chapterhead"><a name="CHAPTER_III" id="CHAPTER_III"></a>CHAPTER III.<br /> + +<span class="chaptitle">JACKO RUNNING AWAY.</span></h2> + + +<p>Minnie had a cousin Frank, the son of Mr. Harry Lee. He was three years +older than Minnie, and was full of life and frolic.</p> + +<p>At one time he came to visit Minnie; and fine fun indeed they had with +the pets, the monkey being his especial favorite.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[49]</a></span>Every day some new experiment was to be tried with Jacko, who, as Frank +declared, could be taught any thing that they wished. One time, he took +the little fellow by the chain for a walk, Minnie gayly running by his +side, and wondering what her cousin was going to do.</p> + +<p>On their way to the barn, they met Leo, who at once began to bark +furiously.</p> + +<p>“That will never do, my brave<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[50]</a></span> fellow,” exclaimed the boy; “for we want +you to turn horse, and take Jacko to ride.”</p> + +<p>“O, Frank! Leo will kill him. Don’t do that!” urged Minnie, almost +crying.</p> + +<p>“But I mean to make them good friends,” responded the lad. “Here, you +take hold of the chain, and I will coax the dog to be quiet while I put +Jacko on his back.”</p> + +<p>This was not so easy as he<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[51]</a></span> had supposed; for no amount of coaxing or +flattery would induce Leo to be impressed into this service. He hated +the monkey, and was greatly disgusted at his appearance as he hopped, +first on Frank’s shoulder, and then to the ground, his head sticking out +of his little red jacket, and his face wearing a malicious grin.</p> + +<p>Finding they could not succeed in this, they went into the stable<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_52" id="Page_52">[52]</a></span> to +visit Star, when, with a quick motion, Jacko twitched the chain from +Minnie’s hand, and running up the rack above the manger, began to laugh +and chatter in great glee.</p> + +<p>His tail, which had now fully healed, was of great use to him on this +occasion, when, to Minnie’s great surprise, he clung with it to the bar +of the rack, and began to swing himself about.</p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 340px;"> +<a href="images/illus-052f-full.png"><img src="images/illus-052f.png" width="340" height="446" alt="A girl chasing a monkey running along the top of a garden wall" title="JACKO RUNNING AWAY. Page 52." /></a> +<span class="caption">JACKO RUNNING AWAY. Page 52.</span> +</div> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[53]</a></span>“I heard of a monkey once,” exclaimed Frank, laughing merrily, “who made +great use of his tail. If a nut or apple were thrown to him which fell +beyond his reach, he would run to the full length of his chain, turn his +back, then stretch out his tail, and draw toward him the coveted +delicacy.”</p> + +<p>“Let’s see whether Jacko would do so,” shouted Minnie, greatly excited +with the project.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[54]</a></span>“When we can catch him. But see how funny he looks. There he goes up the +hay mow, the chain dangling after him.”</p> + +<p>“If we don’t try to catch him, he’ll come quicker,” said Minnie, +gravely.</p> + +<p>“I know another story about a monkey—a real funny one,” added the boy. +“I don’t know what his name was; but he used to sleep in the barn with +the cattle and horses. I suppose<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_55" id="Page_55">[55]</a></span> monkeys are always cold here; at any +rate, this one was; and when he saw the hostler give the horse a nice +feed of hay, he said to himself, ‘What a comfortable bed that would make +for me!’</p> + +<p>“When the man went away, he jumped into the hay and hid, and every time +the horse came near enough to eat, he sprang forward and bit her ears +with his sharp teeth.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[56]</a></span>“Of course, as the poor horse couldn’t get her food, she grew very thin, +and at last was so frightened that the hostler could scarcely get her +into the stall. Several times he had to whip her before she would enter +it, and then she stood as far back as possible, trembling like a leaf.</p> + +<p>“It was a long time before they found out what the matter was; and then +the monkey had to take a whipping, I guess.”</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_57" id="Page_57">[57]</a></span>“If his mother had been there, she would have whipped him,” said Minnie, +laughing.</p> + +<p>“What do you mean?”</p> + +<p>The little girl then repeated what her mother had told her of the +discipline among monkeys, at which he was greatly amused.</p> + +<p>All this time, they were standing at the bottom of the hay mow, and +supposed that Jacko was safe at the top; but the<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_58" id="Page_58">[58]</a></span> little fellow was more +cunning than they thought. He found the window open near the roof, where +hay was sometimes pitched in, and ran down into the yard as quick as +lightning.</p> + +<p>The first they knew of it was when John called out from the barnyard, +“Jacko, Jacko! Soh, Jacko! Be quiet, sir!”</p> + +<p>It was a wearisome chase they had for the next hour, and at the end they +could not catch the<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_59" id="Page_59">[59]</a></span> runaway; but at last, when they sat down calmly in +the house, he stole back to his cage, and lay there quiet as a lamb.</p> + +<p>Minnie’s face was flushed with her unusual exercise, but in a few +minutes she grew very pale, until her mother became alarmed. After a few +drops of lavender, however, she said she felt better, and that if Frank +would tell her a story she should be quite well.</p> + +<p>“That I will,” exclaimed the<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_60" id="Page_60">[60]</a></span> boy, eagerly. “I know a real funny one; +you like funny stories—don’t you?”</p> + +<p>“Yes, when they’re true,” answered Minnie.</p> + +<p>“Well, this is really true. A man was hunting, and he happened to kill a +monkey that had a little baby on her back. The little one clung so close +to her dead mother, that they could scarcely get it away. When they +reached the gentlema<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_61" id="Page_61">[61]</a></span>n’s house, the poor creature began to cry at +finding itself alone. All at once it ran across the room to a block, +where a wig belonging to the hunter’s father was placed, and thinking +that was its mother, was so comforted that it lay down and went to +sleep.</p> + +<p>“They fed it with goat’s milk, and it grew quite contented, for three +weeks clinging to the wig with great affection.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_62" id="Page_62">[62]</a></span>“The gentleman had a large and valuable collection of insects, which +were dried upon pins, and placed in a room appropriated to such +purposes.</p> + +<p>“One day, when the monkey had become so familiar as to be a favorite +with all in the family, he found his way to this apartment, and made a +hearty breakfast on the insects.</p> + +<p>“The owner, entering when the meal was almost concluded,<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_63" id="Page_63">[63]</a></span> was greatly +enraged, and was about to chastise the animal, who had so quickly +destroyed the work of years, when he saw that the act had brought its +own punishment. In eating the insects, the animal had swallowed the +pins, which very soon caused him such agony that he died.”</p> + +<p>“I don’t call the last part funny at all,” said Minnie, gravely.</p> + +<p>“But wasn’t it queer for it<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_64" id="Page_64">[64]</a></span> to think the wig was its mother?” asked the +boy, with a merry laugh. “I don’t think it could have had much sense to +do that.”</p> + +<p>“But it was only a baby monkey then, Harry.”</p> + +<p>“How did it happen,” inquired Mrs. Lee, “that Jacko got away from you?”</p> + +<p>“He watched his chance, aunty, and twitched the chain away from Minnie. +Now he’s done it once, he’ll try the game<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_65" id="Page_65">[65]</a></span> again, I suppose, he is so +fond of playing us tricks.”</p> + +<p>And true enough, the very next morning the lady was surprised at a visit +from the monkey in her chamber, where he made himself very much at home, +pulling open drawers, and turning over the contents, in the hope of +finding some confectionery, of which he was extremely fond.</p> + +<p>“Really,” she exclaimed to<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_66" id="Page_66">[66]</a></span> her husband, “if Jacko goes on so, I shall +be of cook’s mind, and not wish to live in the house with him.”</p> + + +<hr class="chapbreak" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_67" id="Page_67">[67]</a></span></p> + + +<h2 class="chapterhead"><a name="CHAPTER_IV" id="CHAPTER_IV"></a>CHAPTER IV.<br /> + +<span class="chaptitle">THE MONKEY IN CHURCH.</span></h2> + + +<p>One day, Jacko observed nurse washing out some fine clothes for her +mistress, and seemed greatly interested in the suds which she made in +the progress of her work.</p> + +<p>Watching his chance, he went to Mrs. Lee’s room while the family were at +breakfast one morning, and finding some nice<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_68" id="Page_68">[68]</a></span> toilet soap on the marble +washstand, began to rub it on some fine lace lying on the bureau. After +a little exertion, he was delighted to find that he had a bowl full of +nice, perfumed suds, and was chattering to himself in great glee, when +Ann came in and spoiled his sport.</p> + +<p>“You good for nothing, mischievous creature,” she cried out, in sudden +wrath, “I’ll cure you of prowling about the house in<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_69" id="Page_69">[69]</a></span> this style.” +Giving him a cuff across his head with a shoe, “Go back to your cage, +where you belong.”</p> + +<p>“Jacko is really getting to be very troublesome,” remarked the lady to +her husband. “I can’t tell how much longer my patience with him will +last.”</p> + +<p>“Would Minnie mourn very much if she were to lose him?” asked Mr. Lee.</p> + +<p>“I suppose she would for a<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_70" id="Page_70">[70]</a></span> time; but then she has so many pets to take +up her attention.”</p> + +<p>Just then the child ran in, her eyes filled with tears, exclaiming,—</p> + +<p>“Father, does Jacko know any better? Is he to blame for trying to wash?”</p> + +<p>Mr. Lee laughed.</p> + +<p>“Because,” she went on, “I found him crouched down in his cage, looking +very sorry; and nurse says he ought to be<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_71" id="Page_71">[71]</a></span> ashamed of himself, cutting +up such ridiculous capers.”</p> + +<p>“I dare say he feels rather guilty,” remarked Mr. Lee. “He must be +taught better, or your mother will be tired of him.”</p> + +<p>When her father had gone to the city, Minnie looked so grave that her +mother, to comfort her, took the book and read her some stories. A few +of them I will repeat to you.</p> + +<p>“A lady was returning from<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_72" id="Page_72">[72]</a></span> India, in a ship on board of which there was +a monkey. She was a very mild, gentle creature, and readily learned any +thing that was taught her. When she went to lie down at night, she made +up her bed in imitation of her mistress, then got in and wrapped herself +up neatly with the quilt. Sometimes she would wrap her head with a +handkerchief.</p> + +<p>“When she did wrong, she<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_73" id="Page_73">[73]</a></span> would kneel and clasp her hands, seeming +earnestly to ask to be forgiven.”</p> + +<p>“That’s a good story, mamma.”</p> + +<p>“Yes, dear; and here is another.”</p> + +<p>“A gentleman boarding with his wife at a hotel in Paris had a pet +monkey, who was very polite. One day his master met him going down +stairs; and when the gentleman said ‘good morning,’ the animal took off<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_74" id="Page_74">[74]</a></span> +his cap and made a very polite bow.</p> + +<p>“‘Are you going away?’ asked the owner. ‘Where is your passport?’ Upon +this the monkey held out a square piece of paper.</p> + +<p>“‘See!’ said the gentleman; ‘your mistress’ gown is dusty.’</p> + +<p>“Jack instantly took a small brush from his master’s pocket, raised the +hem of the lady’s dress, cleaned it, and then did<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_75" id="Page_75">[75]</a></span> the same to his +master’s shoes, which were also dusty.</p> + +<p>“When they gave him any thing to eat, he did not cram his pouches with +it, but delicately and tidily devoured it; and when, as frequently +occurred, strangers gave him money, he always put it in his master’s +hands.”</p> + +<p>“Do you think, mamma, I could teach Jacko to do so?” inquired Minnie, +eagerly.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_76" id="Page_76">[76]</a></span>“I can’t say, my dear; and indeed I think it would be hardly worth the +pains to spend a great deal of time in teaching him. He seems to learn +quite fast enough by himself. Indeed, he is so full of tricks, and so +troublesome to cook in hiding her kitchen utensils, I am afraid we shall +have to put him in close confinement.”</p> + +<p>“I had rather uncle Frank would carry him back to Africa,<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_77" id="Page_77">[77]</a></span>” sighed the +child. “He would be so unhappy.”</p> + +<p>“Well, dear, I wouldn’t grieve about it now. We must manage somehow till +uncle Frank comes, and then perhaps he can tell us what to do. Now I’ll +read you another story.”</p> + +<p>“A monkey living with a gentleman in the country became so troublesome +that the servants were constantly complaining.”</p> + +<p>“That seems similar to our<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_78" id="Page_78">[78]</a></span> case,” said the lady, smiling, as she +interrupted the reading.</p> + +<p>“One day, having his offers of assistance rudely repulsed, he went into +the next house by a window in the second story, which was unfortunately +open. Here he pulled out a small drawer, where the lady kept ribbons, +laces, and handkerchiefs, and putting them in a foot-tub, rubbed away +vigorously for an hour, with all the soap and water<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_79" id="Page_79">[79]</a></span> there were to be +found in the room.</p> + +<p>“When the lady returned to the chamber, he was busily engaged in +spreading the torn and disfigured remnants to dry.</p> + +<p>“He knew well enough he was doing wrong; for, without her speaking to +him, he made off quickly and ran home, where he hid himself in the case +of the large kitchen clock.</p> + +<p>“The servants at once knew<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_80" id="Page_80">[80]</a></span> he had been in mischief, as this was his +place of refuge when he was in disgrace.</p> + +<p>“One day he watched the cook while she was preparing some partridges for +dinner, and concluded that all birds ought to be so treated. He soon +managed to get into the yard, where his mistress kept a few pet bantam +fowls, and, after eating their eggs, he secured one of the hens, and +began plucking it.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_81" id="Page_81">[81]</a></span> The noise of the poor bird called some of the +servants to the rescue, when they found the half-plucked creature in +such a pitiable condition that they killed it at once. After this, Mr. +Monkey was chained up, and soon died.”</p> + +<p>Minnie looked very grave after hearing this story, and presently said, +“I wonder how old that monkey was.”</p> + +<p>“The book does not mention his age, my dear. Why?”</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_82" id="Page_82">[82]</a></span>“I was thinking that perhaps, as Jacko grows older, he may learn better; +and then I said to myself, ‘That one must have been young.’”</p> + +<p>“If a monkey is really inclined to be vicious, he is almost unbearable,” +remarked the lady. “His company does not begin to compensate for the +trouble he makes. Sometimes he is only cunning, but otherwise mild and +tractable.”</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_83" id="Page_83">[83]</a></span>“And which, mamma, do you think Jacko is?”</p> + +<p>“I have always thought, until lately, that he was one of the better +kind; but I have now a good many doubts whether you enjoy her funny +tricks enough to compensate cook for all the mischief she does. If I +knew any one who wanted a pet monkey, and would treat him kindly, I +should be glad to have him go. I should hate to have him killed.”</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_84" id="Page_84">[84]</a></span>“Killed!” screamed Minnie, with a look of horror; “O, mamma, I wouldn’t +have one of my pets killed for any thing.”</p> + +<p>Mrs. Lee thought that would probably be at some time Nannie’s fate, but +she wisely said nothing.</p> + +<p>“Please read more, mamma. I don’t want to think about such awful +things.”</p> + +<p>The lady cast her eyes over the page, and laughed heartily.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_85" id="Page_85">[85]</a></span> Presently +she said, “Here is a very curious anecdote, which I will read you; but +first I must explain to you what a sounding-board is.</p> + +<p>“In old fashioned churches, there used to hang, directly over the +pulpit, a large, round board, like the top of a table, which, it was +thought, assisted the minister’s voice to be heard by all the +congregation. I can remember, when I was a child,<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_86" id="Page_86">[86]</a></span> going to visit my +grandmother, and accompanying her to church, where there was a +sounding-board. I worried, through the whole service, for fear it would +fall on the minister’s head and kill him. But I will read.”</p> + +<p>“There was once an eminent clergyman by the name of Casaubon, who kept +in his family a tame monkey, of which he was very fond. This animal, +which was allowed its liberty, liked to<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_87" id="Page_87">[87]</a></span> follow the minister, when he +went out, but on the Sabbath was usually shut up till his owner was out +of sight, on his way to church.</p> + +<p>“But one Sabbath morning, when the clergyman, taking his sermon under +his arm, went out, the monkey followed him unobserved, and watching the +opportunity while his master was speaking to a gentleman on the steps, +ran up at the back of the<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_88" id="Page_88">[88]</a></span> pulpit, and jumped upon the sounding-board.</p> + +<p>“Here he gravely seated himself, looking round in a knowing manner on +the congregation, who were greatly amused at so strange a spectacle.</p> + +<p>“The services proceeded as usual, while the monkey, who evidently much +enjoyed the sight of so many people, occasionally peeped over the +sounding-board, to observe the move<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_89" id="Page_89">[89]</a></span>ments of his master, who was +unconscious of his presence.</p> + +<p>“When the sermon commenced, many little forms were convulsed with +laughter, which conduct so shocked the good pastor, that he thought it +his duty to administer a reproof, which he did with considerable action +of his hands and arms.</p> + +<p>“The monkey, who had now become familiar with the scene, imitated every +motion, until at<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_90" id="Page_90">[90]</a></span> last a scarcely suppressed smile appeared upon the +countenance of most of the audience. This occurred, too, in one of the +most solemn passages in the discourse; and so horrible did the levity +appear to the good minister, that he launched forth into violent rebuke, +every word being enforced by great energy of action.</p> + +<p>“All this time, the little fellow overhead mimicked every movement with +ardor and exactness.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_91" id="Page_91">[91]</a></span>“The audience, witnessing this apparent competition between the good man +and his monkey, could no longer retain the least appearance of +composure, and burst into roars of laughter, in the midst of which one +of the congregation kindly relieved the horror of the pastor at the +irreverence and impiety of his flock, by pointing out the cause of the +merriment.</p> + +<p>“Casting his eyes upward, the<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_92" id="Page_92">[92]</a></span> minister could just discern the animal +standing on the end of the sounding-board, and gesturing with all his +might, when he found it difficult to control himself, though highly +exasperated at the occurrence. He gave directions to have the monkey +removed, and sat down to compose himself, and allow his congregation to +recover their equanimity while the order was being obeyed.”</p> + + +<hr class="chapbreak" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_93" id="Page_93">[93]</a></span></p> + + +<h2 class="chapterhead"><a name="CHAPTER_V" id="CHAPTER_V"></a>CHAPTER V.<br /> + +<span class="chaptitle">JACKO IN THE PANTRY.</span></h2> + + +<p>In his frequent visits to the stable, Jacko amused himself by catching +mice that crept out to pick up the corn.</p> + +<p>The servants, having noticed his skill, thought they would turn it to +good account, and having been troubled with mice in the pantry, +determined to take advantage of the absence<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_94" id="Page_94">[94]</a></span> of Mrs. Lee on a journey, +and shut the monkey up in it. So, one evening, they took him out of his +comfortable bed, and chained him up in the larder, having removed every +thing except some jam pots, which they thought out of his reach, and +well secured with bladder stretched over the top.</p> + +<p>Poor Jacko was evidently much astonished, and quite indignant, at this +treatment, but<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_95" id="Page_95">[95]</a></span> presently consoled himself by jumping into a soup +tureen, where he fell sound asleep, while the mice scampered all over +the place.</p> + +<p>As soon as it was dawn, the mice retired to their holes. Jacko awoke +shivering with cold, stretched himself, and then, pushing the soup +tureen from the shelf, broke it to pieces. After this achievement, he +began to look about for something to<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_96" id="Page_96">[96]</a></span> eat, when he spied the jam pots on +the upper shelf.</p> + +<p>“There is something good,” he thought, smelling them. “I’ll see.”</p> + +<p>His sharp teeth soon worked an entrance, when the treasured jams, plums, +raspberry, strawberry, candied apricots, the pride and care of the cook, +disappeared in an unaccountably short time.</p> + +<p>At last, his appetite for sweets<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_97" id="Page_97">[97]</a></span> was satisfied, and coiling his tail in +a corner, he lay quietly awaiting the servant’s coming to take him out.</p> + +<p>Presently he heard the door cautiously open, when the chamber girl gave +a scream of horror as she saw the elegant China dish broken into a +thousand bits, and lying scattered on the floor.</p> + +<p>She ran in haste to summon Hepsy and the nurse, her heart misgiving her +that this was not<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_98" id="Page_98">[98]</a></span> the end of the calamity. They easily removed Jacko, +who began already to experience the sad effects of overloading his +stomach, and then found, with alarm and grief, the damage he had done.</p> + +<p>For several days the monkey did not recover from the effects of his +excess. He was never shut up again in the pantry.</p> + +<p>When Mrs. Lee returned she blamed the servants for trying<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_99" id="Page_99">[99]</a></span> such an +experiment in her absence. Jacko was now well, and ready for some new +mischief; and Minnie, who heard a ludicrous account of the story, +laughed till she cried.</p> + +<p>She repeated it, in great glee, to her father, who looked very grave as +he said, “We think a sea voyage would do the troublesome fellow good; +but you shall have a Canary or a pair of Java sparrows instead.”</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_100" id="Page_100">[100]</a></span>“Don’t you know any stories of good monkeys, father?”</p> + +<p>“I don’t recollect any at this moment, my dear; but I will see whether I +can find any for you.”</p> + +<p>He opened the book, and then asked,—</p> + +<p>“Did you know, Minnie, that almost all monkeys have bags or pouches in +their cheeks, the skin of which is loose, and when empty makes the +animal look wrinkled?”</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_101" id="Page_101">[101]</a></span>“No, sir; I never heard about it.”</p> + +<p>“Yes, that is the case. He puts his food in them, and keeps it there +till he wishes to devour it.</p> + +<p>“There are some kinds, too, that have what is called prehensile tails; +that is, tails by which they can hang themselves to the limb of a tree, +and which they use with nearly as much ease as they can their hands. The +facil<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_102" id="Page_102">[102]</a></span>ity which this affords them for moving about quickly among the +branches of trees is astonishing. The firmness of the grasp which it +makes is very surprising; for if it winds a single coil around a branch, +it is quite sufficient, not only to support its weight, but to enable it +to swing in such a manner as to gain a fresh hold with its feet.”</p> + +<p>“I’m sure, father,” eagerly cried Minnie, “that Jacko has a<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_103" id="Page_103">[103]</a></span> prehensile +tail, for I have often seen him swing from the ladder which goes up the +hay mow.”</p> + +<p>“I dare say, child. He seems to be up to every thing. But here is an +account of an Indian monkey, of a light grayish yellow color, with black +hands and feet. The face is black, with a violet tinge. This is called +Hoonuman, and is much venerated by the Hindoos. They believe it to be +one of the animals into<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_104" id="Page_104">[104]</a></span> which the souls of their friends pass at death. +If one of these monkeys is killed, the murderer is instantly put to +death; and, thus protected, they become a great nuisance, and destroy +great quantities of fruit. But in South America, monkeys are killed by +the natives as game, for the sake of the flesh. Absolute necessity alone +would compel us to eat them. A great naturalist named Humboldt tells us +that their<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_105" id="Page_105">[105]</a></span> manner of cooking them is especially disgusting. They are +raised a foot from the ground, and bent into a sitting position, in +which they greatly resemble a child, and are roasted in that manner. A +hand and arm of a monkey, roasted in this way, are exhibited in a museum +in Paris.”</p> + +<p>“Monkeys have a curious way of introducing their tails into the fissures +or hollows of trees, for the purpose of hooking out<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_106" id="Page_106">[106]</a></span> eggs and other +substances. On approaching a spot where there is a supply of food, they +do not alight at once, but take a survey of the neighborhood, a general +cry being kept up by the party.”</p> + + +<hr class="chapbreak" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_107" id="Page_107">[107]</a></span></p> + + +<h2 class="chapterhead"><a name="CHAPTER_VI" id="CHAPTER_VI"></a>CHAPTER VI.<br /> + +<span class="chaptitle">THE CRUEL MONKEY.</span></h2> + + +<p>One afternoon, Minnie ran out of breath to the parlor. “Mamma,” she +exclaimed, “cook says monkeys are real cruel in their families. Is it +true?”</p> + +<p>The lady smiled. “I suppose, my dear,” she responded, “that there is a +difference of disposition among them. I have heard that they are very +fond<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_108" id="Page_108">[108]</a></span> of their young, and that, when threatened with danger, they mount +them on their back, or clasp them to their breast with great affection.</p> + +<p>“But I saw lately an anecdote of the cruelty of a monkey to his wife, +and if I can find the book, I will read it to you.”</p> + +<p>“There is an animal called the fair monkey, which, though the most +beautiful of its tribe, is gloomy and cruel. One of these,<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_109" id="Page_109">[109]</a></span> which, from +its extreme beauty and apparent gentleness, was allowed to ramble at +liberty over a ship, soon became a great favorite with the crew, and in +order to make him perfectly happy, as they imagined, they procured him a +wife.</p> + +<p>“For some weeks, he was a devoted husband, and showed her every +attention and respect. He then grew cool, and began to use her with much +cruelty. His<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_110" id="Page_110">[110]</a></span> treatment made her wretched and dull.</p> + +<p>“One day, the crew noticed that he treated her with more kindness than +usual, but did not suspect the wicked scheme he had in mind. At last, +after winning her favor anew, he persuaded her to go aloft with him, and +drew her attention to an object in the distance, when he suddenly gave +her a push, which threw her into the sea.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_111" id="Page_111">[111]</a></span>“This cruel act seemed to afford him much gratification, for he +descended in high spirits.”</p> + +<p>“I should think they would have punished him,” said Minnie, with great +indignation.</p> + +<p>“Perhaps they did, love. At any rate, it proves that beauty is by no +means always to be depended upon.”</p> + +<p>Mrs. Lee then took her sewing, but Minnie plead so earnestly for one +more story, a<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_112" id="Page_112">[112]</a></span> good long one, that her mother, who loved to gratify her, +complied, and read the account which I shall give you in closing this +chapter on Minnie’s pet monkey.</p> + +<p>“A gentleman, returning from India, brought a monkey, which he presented +to his wife. She called it Sprite, and soon became very fond of it.</p> + +<p>“Sprite was very fond of beetles, and also of spiders, and his<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_113" id="Page_113">[113]</a></span> mistress +used sometimes to hold his chain, lengthened by a string, and make him +run up the curtains, and clear out the cobwebs for the housekeeper.</p> + +<p>“On one occasion, he watched his opportunity, and snatching the chain, +ran off, and was soon seated on the top of a cottage, grinning and +chattering to the assembled crowd of schoolboys, as much as to say, +‘Catch me if you can.’ He got the whole<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_114" id="Page_114">[114]</a></span> town in an uproar, but finally +leaped over every thing, dragging his chain after him, and nestled +himself in his own bed, where he lay with his eyes closed, his mouth +open, his sides ready to burst with his running.</p> + +<p>“Another time, the little fellow got loose, but remembering his former +experience, only stole into the shed, where he tried his hand at +cleaning knives. He did not succeed very well in this,<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_115" id="Page_115">[115]</a></span> however, for the +handle was the part he attempted to polish, and, cutting his fingers, he +relinquished the sport.</p> + +<p>“Resolved not to be defeated, he next set to work to clean the shoes and +boots, a row of which were awaiting the boy. But Sprite, not remembering +all the steps of the performance, first covered the entire shoe, sole +and all, with the blacking, and then emptied the rest of the Day & +Mar<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_116" id="Page_116">[116]</a></span>tin into it, nearly filling it with the precious fluid. His coat was +a nice mess for some days after.</p> + +<p>“One morning, when the servants returned to the kitchen, they found +Sprite had taken all the kitchen candlesticks out of the cupboard, and +arranged them on the fender, as he had once seen done. As soon as he +heard the servants returning, he ran to his basket, and tried to look as +though nothing had happened.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_117" id="Page_117">[117]</a></span>“Sprite was exceedingly fond of a bath. Occasionally a bowl of water was +given him, when he would cunningly try the temperature by putting in his +finger, after which he gradually stepped in, first one foot, then the +other, till he was comfortably seated. Then he took the soap and rubbed +himself all over. Having made a dreadful splashing all around, he jumped +out and ran to the fire, shivering. If any<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_118" id="Page_118">[118]</a></span> body laughed at him during +this performance, he made threatening gestures, chattering with all his +might to show his displeasure, and sometimes he splashed water all over +them.</p> + +<p>“Poor Sprite one day nearly committed suicide. As he was brought from a +very warm climate, he often suffered exceedingly, in winter, from the +cold.</p> + +<p>“The cooking was done by a large fire on the open hearth,<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_119" id="Page_119">[119]</a></span> and as his +basket, where he slept, was in one corner of the kitchen, before morning +he frequently awoke shivering and blue. The cook was in the habit of +making the fire, and then returning to her room to finish her toilet.</p> + +<p>“One morning, having lighted the pile of kindlings as usual, she hung on +the tea-kettle and went out, shutting the door carefully behind her.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_120" id="Page_120">[120]</a></span>“Sprite thought this a fine opportunity to warm himself. He jumped from +his basket, ran to the hearth, and took the lid of the kettle off. +Cautiously touching the water with the tip of his finger, he found it +just the right heat for a bath, and sprang in, sitting down, leaving +only his head above the water.</p> + +<p>“This he found exceedingly comfortable for a time; but soon the water +began to grow hot.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_121" id="Page_121">[121]</a></span> He rose, but the air outside was so cold, he quickly +sat down again. He did this several times, and would, no doubt, have +been boiled to death, and become a martyr to his own want of pluck and +firmness in action, had it not been for the timely return of the cook, +who, seeing him sitting there almost lifeless, seized him by the head +and pulled him out.</p> + +<p>“He was rolled in blankets,<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_122" id="Page_122">[122]</a></span> and laid in his basket, where he soon +recovered, and, it is to be hoped, learned a lesson from this hot +experience, not to take a bath when the water is on the fire.”</p> + + +<hr class="chapbreak" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_123" id="Page_123">[123]</a></span></p> + + +<h2 class="chapterhead"><a name="CHAPTER_VII" id="CHAPTER_VII"></a>CHAPTER VII.<br /> + +<span class="chaptitle">KEES STEALING EGGS.</span></h2> + + +<p>When Minnie was nine years of age, she accompanied her parents to a +menagerie, and there, among other animals, she saw a baboon. She was +greatly excited by his curious, uncouth manœuvres, asking twenty +questions about him, without giving her father time to answer. On their +way home, she inquired,<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_124" id="Page_124">[124]</a></span>—</p> + +<p>“Are baboons one kind of monkeys, father?”</p> + +<p>“Yes, my daughter; and a more disagreeable, disgusting animal I cannot +conceive of.”</p> + +<p>“I hope you are not wishing for a baboon to add to your pets,” added her +mother, laughing.</p> + +<p>“I don’t believe Jacko would get along with that great fellow at all,” +answered the child. “But, father, will you please tell<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_125" id="Page_125">[125]</a></span> me something +more about the curious animals?”</p> + +<p>The conversation was here interrupted by seeing that a carriage had +stopped just in front of their own, and that quite a crowd had gathered +about some person who seemed to be hurt.</p> + +<p>Minnie’s sympathies were alive in an instant. She begged her father to +get out, as possibly he might be of some use.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_126" id="Page_126">[126]</a></span>The driver stopped of his own accord, and inquired what had happened, +and then they saw that it was a spaniel that was hurt. He had been in +the road, and not getting out of the way quick enough, the wheel had +gone over his body.</p> + +<p>The young lady who was in the buggy was greatly distressed, from which +Minnie argued that she was kind to animals, and that they should like +her.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_127" id="Page_127">[127]</a></span>The owner of the dog held the poor creature in her arms, though it +seemed to be in convulsions, and wept bitterly as she found it must die.</p> + +<p>Mr. Lee, to please his little daughter, waited a few minutes; but he +found her getting so much excited over the suffering animal, he gave +John orders to proceed.</p> + +<p>During the rest of the drive, she could talk of nothing else,<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_128" id="Page_128">[128]</a></span> wondering +whether the spaniel was alive now, or whether the young man in the buggy +paid for hurting it.</p> + +<p>The next day, however, having made up her mind that the poor creature +must be dead, and his sufferings ended, and having given Tiney many +admonitions to keep out of the road when carriages were passing, her +thoughts turned once more to the baboon.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_129" id="Page_129">[129]</a></span>Mr. Lee found in his library a book which gave a short account of the +animal, which he read to her.</p> + +<p>“The baboon is of the monkey tribe, notwithstanding its long, dog-like +head, flat, compressed cheeks, and strong and projecting teeth. The form +and position of the eyes, combined with the similarity of the arms and +hands, give to these creatures a resemblance to human<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_130" id="Page_130">[130]</a></span>ity as striking as +it is disgusting.”</p> + +<p>“Then follows an account,” the gentleman went on, “of the peculiarities +of different kinds of baboons, which you would not understand.”</p> + +<p>“But can’t you tell me something about them yourself, father?”</p> + +<p>“I know very little about the creatures, my dear; but I have read that +they are exceedingly<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_131" id="Page_131">[131]</a></span> strong, and of a fiery, vicious temper.</p> + +<p>“They can never be wholly tamed, and it is only while restraint of the +severest kind is used, that they can be governed at all. If left to +their own will, their savage nature resumes its sway, and their actions +are cruel, destructive, and disgusting.”</p> + +<p>“I saw the man at the menagerie giving them apples,” said Minnie; “but +he did not give<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_132" id="Page_132">[132]</a></span> them any meat all the time I was there.”</p> + +<p>“No; they subsist exclusively on fruits, seeds, and other vegetable +matter. In the countries where they live, especially near the Cape of +Good Hope, the inhabitants chase them with dogs and guns in order to +destroy them, on account of the ravages they commit in the fields and +gardens. It is said that they make a very obstinate resistance<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_133" id="Page_133">[133]</a></span> to the +dogs, and often have fierce battles with them; but they greatly fear the +gun.</p> + +<p>“As the baboon grows older, instead of becoming better, his rage +increases, so that the slightest cause will provoke him to terrible +fury.”</p> + +<p>“Is that all you know about them?”</p> + +<p>“Why, Minnie, in order to satisfy you, any one must become a walking +encyclopædia.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_134" id="Page_134">[134]</a></span> What other question have you to ask?”</p> + +<p>“Why, they must have something to eat, and how are they to get it unless +they go into gardens?”</p> + +<p>Mr. Lee laughed aloud. “I rather think I should soon convince them they +were not to enter my garden,” he said, emphatically. “But seriously, +they descend in vast numbers upon the orchards of fruit, destroying,<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_135" id="Page_135">[135]</a></span> in +a few hours, the work of months, or even of years. In these excursions, +they move on a concerted plan, placing sentinels on commanding spots, to +give notice of the approach of an enemy. As soon as he perceives danger, +the sentinel gives a loud yell, and then the whole troop rush away with +the greatest speed, cramming the fruit which they have gathered into +their cheek pouches.”</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_136" id="Page_136">[136]</a></span>Minnie looked so much disappointed when he ceased speaking, that her +mother said, “I read somewhere an account of a baboon that was named +Kees, who was the best of his kind that I ever heard of.”</p> + +<p>“Yes, that was quite an interesting story, if you can call it to mind,” +said the gentleman, rising.</p> + +<p>“It was in a book of travels in Africa,” the lady went on. “The +traveller, whose name was<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_137" id="Page_137">[137]</a></span> Le Vaillant, took Kees through all his +journey, and the creature really made himself very useful. As a +sentinel, he was better than any of the dogs. Indeed, so quick was his +sense of danger, that he often gave notice of the approach of beasts of +prey, when every thing was apparently secure.</p> + +<p>“There was another way in which Kees made himself useful. Whenever they +came across any<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_138" id="Page_138">[138]</a></span> fruits or roots with which the Hottentots were +unacquainted, they waited to see whether Kees would taste them. If he +threw them down, the traveller concluded they were poisonous or +disagreeable, and left them untasted.</p> + +<p>“Le Vaillant used to hunt, and frequently took Kees with him on these +excursions. The poor fellow understood the preparations making for the +sport,<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_139" id="Page_139">[139]</a></span> and when his master signified his consent that he should go, he +showed his joy in the most lively manner. On the way, he would dance +about, and then run up into the trees to search for gum, of which he was +very fond.</p> + +<p>“I recall one amusing trick of Kees,” said the lady, laughing, “which +pleased me much when I read it. He sometimes found honey in the hollows +of trees, and also a kind of root of<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_140" id="Page_140">[140]</a></span> which he was very fond, both of +which his master insisted on sharing with him. On such occasions, he +would run away with his treasure, or hide it in his pouches, or eat it +as fast as possible, before Le Vaillant could have time to reach him.</p> + +<p>“These roots were very difficult to pull from the ground. Kees’ manner +of doing it was this. He would seize the top of the root with his strong +teeth,<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_141" id="Page_141">[141]</a></span> and then, planting himself firmly against the sod, drew himself +gradually back, which forced it from the earth. If it proved stubborn, +while he still held it in his teeth he threw himself heels over head, +which gave such a concussion to the root that it never failed to come +out.</p> + +<p>“Another habit that Kees had was very curious. He sometimes grew tired +with the long marches, and then he would<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_142" id="Page_142">[142]</a></span> jump on the back of one of the +dogs, and oblige it to carry him whole hours. At last the dogs grew +weary of this, and one of them determined not to be pressed into +service. He now adopted an ingenious artifice. As soon as Kees leaped on +his back, he stood still, and let the train pass without moving from the +spot. Kees sat quiet, determined that the dog should carry him, until +the party were almost<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_143" id="Page_143">[143]</a></span> out of sight, and then they both ran in great +haste to overtake their master.</p> + +<p>“Kees established a kind of authority over the dogs. They were +accustomed to his voice, and in general obeyed without hesitation the +slightest motions by which he communicated his orders, taking their +places about the tent or carriage, as he directed them. If any of them +came too near him when he was<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_144" id="Page_144">[144]</a></span> eating, he gave them a box on the ear, +and thus compelled them to retire to a respectful distance.”</p> + +<p>“Why, mother, I think Kees was a very good animal, indeed,” said Minnie, +with considerable warmth.</p> + +<p>“I have told you the best traits of his character,” she answered, +smiling. “He was, greatly to his master’s sorrow, an incurable thief. He +could<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_145" id="Page_145">[145]</a></span> not be left alone for a moment with any kind of food. He +understood perfectly how to loose the strings of a basket, or to take +the cork from a bottle. He was very fond of milk, and would drink it +whenever he had a chance. He was whipped repeatedly for these +misdemeanors, but the punishment did him no good.</p> + +<p>“Le Vaillant was accustomed to have eggs for his breakfast;<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_146" id="Page_146">[146]</a></span> but his +servants complained one morning there were none to be had. Whenever any +thing was amiss, the fault was always laid to Kees, who, indeed, +generally deserved it. The gentleman determined to watch him.</p> + +<p>“The next morning, hearing the cackling of a hen, he started for the +place; but found Kees had been before him, and nothing remained but the +broken shell. Having caught him in his<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_147" id="Page_147">[147]</a></span> pilfering, his master gave him a +severe beating; but he was soon at his old habit again, and the +gentleman was obliged to train one of his dogs to run for the egg as +soon as it was laid, before he could enjoy his favorite repast.</p> + +<p>“One day, Le Vaillant was eating his dinner, when he heard the voice of +a bird, with which he was not acquainted. Leaving the beans he had +carefully prepared for himself on his plate,<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_148" id="Page_148">[148]</a></span> he seized his gun, and ran +out of the tent. In a short time he returned, with the bird in his hand, +but found not a bean left, and Kees missing.</p> + +<p>“When he had been stealing, the baboon often staid out of sight for some +hours; but, this time, he hid himself for several days. They searched +every where for him, but in vain, till his master feared he had really +deserted them. On the third<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_149" id="Page_149">[149]</a></span> day, one of the men, who had gone to a +distance for water, saw him hiding in a tree. Le Vaillant went out and +spoke to him, but he knew he had deserved punishment, and he would not +come down; so that, at last, his master had to go up the tree and take +him.”</p> + +<p>“And was he whipped, mother?”</p> + +<p>“No; he was forgiven that time, as he seemed so penitent.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_150" id="Page_150">[150]</a></span> There is only +one thing more I can remember about him. An officer who was visiting Le +Vaillant, wishing to try the affection of the baboon for his master, +pretended to strike him. Kees flew into a violent rage, and from that +time could never endure the sight of the officer. If he only saw him at +a distance, he ground his teeth, and used every endeavor to fly at him; +and had he not been chained,<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_151" id="Page_151">[151]</a></span> he would speedily have revenged the +insult.”</p> + +<hr class="decshort" /> + +<p class="poem">“Nature is man’s best teacher. She unfolds<br /> +Her treasures to his search, unseals his eye,<br /> +Illumes his mind, and purifies his heart,—<br /> +An influence breathes from all the sights and sounds<br /> +Of her existence; she is wisdom’s self.”</p> + + +<hr class="decshort" /> + +<p class="poem">“There’s not a plant that springeth<br /> +<span class="i1">But bears some good to earth;</span><br /> +There’s not a life but bringeth<br /> +<span class="i1">Its store of harmless mirth;</span><br /> +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_152" id="Page_152">[152]</a></span>The dusty wayside clover<br /> +<span class="i1">Has honey in her cells,—</span><br /> +The wild bee, humming over,<br /> +<span class="i1">Her tale of pleasure tells.</span><br /> +The osiers, o’er the fountain,<br /> +<span class="i1">Keep cool the water’s breast,</span><br /> +And on the roughest mountain<br /> +<span class="i1">The softest moss is pressed.</span><br /> +Thus holy Nature teaches<br /> +<span class="i1">The worth of blessings small;</span><br /> +That Love pervades, and reaches,<br /> +<span class="i1">And forms the bliss of all.”</span></p> + + + + +<hr class="chapbreak" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_153" id="Page_153">[153]</a></span></p> + +<h2>MRS. LESLIE’S JUVENILE SERIES.</h2> + +<p class="titlepage"><b>16mo.</b></p> + +<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary=""> +<tr> + <td class="tdc" colspan="3" style="padding-bottom: 1em;">FOR BOYS.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td>Vol.</td> + <td class="tdr">I.</td> + <td>THE MOTHERLESS CHILDREN.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td class="tdc">”</td> + <td class="tdr">II.</td> + <td>PLAY AND STUDY.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td class="tdc">”</td> + <td class="tdr">III.</td> + <td>HOWARD AND HIS TEACHER.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td class="tdc">”</td> + <td class="tdr">IV.</td> + <td>JACK, THE CHIMNEY SWEEPER.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td colspan="3" style="padding-top: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 1.5em;"><hr class="decshort" /></td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td class="tdc" colspan="3" style="padding-bottom: 1em;">FOR GIRLS.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td>Vol.</td> + <td class="tdr">I.</td> + <td>TRYING TO BE USEFUL.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td class="tdc">”</td> + <td class="tdr">II.</td> + <td>LITTLE AGNES</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td class="tdc">”</td> + <td class="tdr">III.</td> + <td>I’LL TRY.</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td class="tdc">”</td> + <td class="tdr">IV.</td> + <td>ART AND ARTLESSNESS.</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<hr class="chapbreak" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_154" id="Page_154">[154]</a></span></p> + + +<p class="titlepage" style="font-size: 200%; margin-top: 4em;">MINNIE’S PET CAT.</p> + +<p class="titlepage" style="margin-top: 3em;">BY<br /> +<br /> +<span style="margin-top: 1.5em;">MRS. MADELINE LESLIE,</span><br /> +<span style="font-size: smaller;">AUTHOR OF “THE LESLIE STORIES,” “TIM, THE SCISSORS-GRINDER,”<br /> +ETC.</span></p> + +<p class="titlepage" style="margin-top: 3em;">ILLUSTRATED.</p> + +<p class="titlepage" style="margin-top: 3em;">BOSTON:<br /> +LEE AND SHEPARD,<br /> +<span class="smcap" style="font-size: smaller;">Successors to Phillips, Sampson & Co.</span><br /> +1864.</p> + +<hr class="chapbreak" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_155" id="Page_155">[155]</a></span></p> + + + + +<p class="titlepage" style="font-size: 200%; margin-top: 4em;">MINNIE’S PET PARROT.</p> + +<p class="titlepage" style="margin-top: 3em;">BY<br /> +<br /> +<span style="margin-top: 1.5em;">MRS. MADELINE LESLIE,</span><br /> +<span style="font-size: smaller;">AUTHOR OF “THE LESLIE STORIES,” “TIM, THE SCISSORS-GRINDER,”<br /> +ETC.</span></p> + +<p class="titlepage" style="margin-top: 3em;">ILLUSTRATED.</p> + +<p class="titlepage" style="margin-top: 3em;">BOSTON:<br /> +LEE AND SHEPARD,<br /> +<span class="smcap" style="font-size: smaller;">Successors to Phillips, Sampson & Co.</span><br /> +1864.</p> + +<hr class="chapbreak" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_156" id="Page_156">[156]</a></span></p> + + + + +<p class="titlepage" style="font-size: 200%; margin-top: 4em;">MINNIE’S PET DOG.</p> + +<p class="titlepage" style="margin-top: 3em;">BY<br /> +<br /> +<span style="margin-top: 1.5em;">MRS. MADELINE LESLIE,</span><br /> +<span style="font-size: smaller;">AUTHOR OF “THE LESLIE STORIES,” “TIM, THE SCISSORS-GRINDER,”<br /> +ETC.</span></p> + +<p class="titlepage" style="margin-top: 3em;">ILLUSTRATED.</p> + +<p class="titlepage" style="margin-top: 3em;">BOSTON:<br /> +LEE AND SHEPARD,<br /> +<span class="smcap" style="font-size: smaller;">Successors to Phillips, Sampson & Co.</span><br /> +1864.</p> + +<hr class="chapbreak" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_157" id="Page_157">[157]</a></span></p> + + + + +<p class="titlepage" style="font-size: 200%; margin-top: 4em;">MINNIE’S PET LAMB.</p> + +<p class="titlepage" style="margin-top: 3em;">BY<br /> +<br /> +<span style="margin-top: 1.5em;">MRS. MADELINE LESLIE,</span><br /> +<span style="font-size: smaller;">AUTHOR OF “THE LESLIE STORIES,” “TIM, THE SCISSORS-GRINDER,”<br /> +ETC.</span></p> + +<p class="titlepage" style="margin-top: 3em;">ILLUSTRATED.</p> + +<p class="titlepage" style="margin-top: 3em;">BOSTON:<br /> +LEE AND SHEPARD,<br /> +<span class="smcap" style="font-size: smaller;">Successors to Phillips, Sampson & Co.</span><br /> +1864.</p> + +<hr class="chapbreak" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_158" id="Page_158">[158]</a></span></p> + + + + +<p class="titlepage" style="font-size: 200%; margin-top: 4em;">MINNIE’S PET HORSE.</p> + +<p class="titlepage" style="margin-top: 3em;">BY<br /> +<br /> +<span style="margin-top: 1.5em;">MRS. MADELINE LESLIE,</span><br /> +<span style="font-size: smaller;">AUTHOR OF “THE LESLIE STORIES,” “TIM, THE SCISSORS-GRINDER,”<br /> +ETC.</span></p> + +<p class="titlepage" style="margin-top: 3em;">ILLUSTRATED.</p> + +<p class="titlepage" style="margin-top: 3em;">BOSTON:<br /> +LEE AND SHEPARD,<br /> +<span class="smcap" style="font-size: smaller;">Successors to Phillips, Sampson & Co.</span><br /> +1864.</p> + + + +<hr class="chapbreak" /> + +<div class="tn"> +<p class="titlepage"><a name="trans_note" id="trans_note"></a><b>Transcriber’s Note</b></p> + +<p class="noindent">The following typographical errors were corrected.</p> + +<table style="margin-left: 0%;" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary="typos"> +<tr> + <td>Page</td> + <td>Error</td> + <td>Correction</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td>73</td> + <td>“good morning,”</td> + <td>‘good morning,’</td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td>112</td> + <td>pet monkey.”</td> + <td>pet monkey.</td> +</tr> +</table> +</div> + + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Minnie's Pet Monkey, by Madeline Leslie + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MINNIE'S PET MONKEY *** + +***** This file should be named 26618-h.htm or 26618-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/2/6/6/1/26618/ + +Produced by Julia Miller and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was +produced from images generously made available by The +Internet Archive/American Libraries.) + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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