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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of Minnie's Pet Monkey, by Madeline Leslie
+
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+Title: Minnie's Pet Monkey
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+Author: Madeline Leslie
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+Release Date: September 14, 2008 [EBook #26618]
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+Transcriber's Note
+
+Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. A list of corrections
+is found at the end of the text. Oe ligatures have been expanded.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: MONKEY IN CHURCH. Page 88.]
+
+
+[Illustration: MINNIE and her PETS.
+ BY MRS MADELINE LESLIE.
+ MINNIE'S PET MONKEY.]
+
+
+
+
+ MINNIE'S PET MONKEY.
+
+
+ BY
+
+ MRS. MADELINE LESLIE,
+ AUTHOR OF "THE LESLIE STORIES," "TIM, THE SCISSORS-GRINDER,"
+ ETC.
+
+
+ ILLUSTRATED.
+
+
+ BOSTON:
+ LEE AND SHEPARD,
+ SUCCESSORS TO PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & CO.
+ 1864.
+
+
+
+
+Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by
+
+A. R. BAKER,
+
+In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of
+Massachusetts.
+
+ELECTROTYPED AT THE BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY.
+
+
+
+
+ TO MY YOUNG FRIEND,
+
+ HENRY FOWLE DURANT, JR.
+
+ =These Little Volumes=
+
+ ARE AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED
+
+ BY THE AUTHOR,
+
+ IN THE EARNEST HOPE THAT THEY MAY INCREASE IN HIM THAT
+ LOVE OF NATURE AND OF RURAL LIFE WHICH HAS EVER
+ EXERTED SO SALUTARY AN INFLUENCE IN THE
+ FORMATION OF THE CHARACTERS OF
+ THE WISE AND GOOD.
+
+
+
+
+MINNIE AND HER PETS.
+
+ Minnie's Pet Parrot.
+ Minnie's Pet Cat.
+ Minnie's Pet Dog.
+ Minnie's Pet Horse.
+ Minnie's Pet Lamb.
+ Minnie's Pet Monkey.
+
+
+
+
+MINNIE'S PET MONKEY.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER I.
+
+JACKO AND HIS WOUNDED TAIL.
+
+
+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.
+
+He was about eighteen inches high, with long arms, covered with short
+hair, which he used 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.
+
+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.
+
+He had bright eyes, which 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.
+
+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 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.
+
+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.
+
+On the voyage, Jacko met 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.
+
+It so happened that there were two large cats on board ship; and one
+night, as they 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.
+
+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-coop, and give it a malicious bite, as much
+as to say,--
+
+"I wish you were off. You are of no use to me now; and you look terribly
+short."
+
+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 that was going on, suddenly poked his head out of the
+bag, and gave a malicious grin at the ticket-master.
+
+The man was much frightened, but presently recovered himself, and
+returned the insult by saying,--
+
+"Sir, that's a dog! It's the rule that no dog can go in the cars without
+being paid for."
+
+It was all in vain that the captain tried to convince him that 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,--
+
+"He is a dog, and must have a ticket before he enters the cars."
+
+So a ticket was bought, and Jacko was allowed to proceed on his journey.
+
+The little fellow was as pleased as the captain when he arrived 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.
+
+Mr. Lee, at the suggestion of his brother, the captain, had a 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.
+
+Jacko came from a very warm climate, and therefore often suffered from
+the cold in the northern latitude to which he had been brought.
+
+Mrs. Lee could not endure to 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, and blue with the cold, but laughed, and chattered, and showed
+his gratitude in every possible way.
+
+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 exceedingly. He would
+spring the entire length of his chain, trying to reach them.
+
+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 kittens in his arms, hugging it as if it had
+been a baby.
+
+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 relaxed his hold, and she
+instantly released the poor, frightened little animal.
+
+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.
+
+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 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.
+
+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.
+
+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.
+
+"Well," she said, one day, after discussing the merits of her animals
+with her mamma, "Poll talks to me, and Jacko makes me laugh; but if I
+should have to give up one of my pets, I had rather it would be the
+monkey."
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER II.
+
+JACKO BLACKING THE TABLE.
+
+
+One morning, cook went to her mistress with loud complaints of Jacko's
+tricks.
+
+"What has he been doing now?" inquired the lady, with some anxiety.
+
+"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 same house with a
+monkey, no ways."
+
+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.
+
+"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 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."
+
+"I think you will have to take a little stick, Hepsy," said Mrs. Lee,
+smiling, "and whip him when he does mischief."
+
+"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."
+
+"What does she mean, mamma, by its being unlucky?" inquired Minnie, when
+the cook had returned to her work in the kitchen.
+
+"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."
+
+"O, mamma, will you please tell me about it?"
+
+"I have read that in many parts of India, monkeys are made objects of
+worship; and splendid temples are dedicated to their honor.
+
+"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, thinking it would be a salutary
+punishment to them, ordered it to be burned.
+
+"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."
+
+Minnie laughed. "I should suppose," she said, "that if cook thinks so
+much of monkeys, she would be pleased to live with them. Do you know
+any more about monkeys, mamma?"
+
+"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 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.
+
+"In the countries of the Eastern Peninsula, where they abound, the
+matrons are often 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.
+
+"But when any foolish little 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."
+
+"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."
+
+"If you will bring me that book from the library next the one about
+cats, perhaps I can find some anecdotes to read to you."
+
+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:--
+
+"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 watched him closely during the
+process, and noticed where the man put his razor and brush.
+
+"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 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."
+
+"I hope Jacko will never see any body shave," said Minnie, in a
+faltering voice.
+
+"Here is a funny story, my dear, about a monkey in the 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.
+
+"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. 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, 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."
+
+"I don't see," said Minnie, thoughtfully, "how a monkey could ever think
+of such a way."
+
+"It certainly does show a great deal of sagacity," responded the lady,
+"and a great deal of cunning in carrying out his plan."
+
+"I hope there are ever so many anecdotes, mamma."
+
+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."
+
+"Dr. Guthrie gives an amusing account of a monkey named Jack.
+
+"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.
+
+"The next day, his master wanted to repeat the experiment, 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.
+
+"Jack became a thorough teetotaller."
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER III.
+
+JACKO RUNNING AWAY.
+
+
+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.
+
+At one time he came to visit Minnie; and fine fun indeed they had with
+the pets, the monkey being his especial favorite.
+
+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.
+
+On their way to the barn, they met Leo, who at once began to bark
+furiously.
+
+"That will never do, my brave fellow," exclaimed the boy; "for we want
+you to turn horse, and take Jacko to ride."
+
+"O, Frank! Leo will kill him. Don't do that!" urged Minnie, almost
+crying.
+
+"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."
+
+This was not so easy as he 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.
+
+Finding they could not succeed in this, they went into the stable 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.
+
+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.
+
+[Illustration: JACKO RUNNING AWAY. Page 52.]
+
+"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."
+
+"Let's see whether Jacko would do so," shouted Minnie, greatly excited
+with the project.
+
+"When we can catch him. But see how funny he looks. There he goes up the
+hay mow, the chain dangling after him."
+
+"If we don't try to catch him, he'll come quicker," said Minnie,
+gravely.
+
+"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 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!'
+
+"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.
+
+"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.
+
+"It was a long time before they found out what the matter was; and then
+the monkey had to take a whipping, I guess."
+
+"If his mother had been there, she would have whipped him," said Minnie,
+laughing.
+
+"What do you mean?"
+
+The little girl then repeated what her mother had told her of the
+discipline among monkeys, at which he was greatly amused.
+
+All this time, they were standing at the bottom of the hay mow, and
+supposed that Jacko was safe at the top; but the 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.
+
+The first they knew of it was when John called out from the barnyard,
+"Jacko, Jacko! Soh, Jacko! Be quiet, sir!"
+
+It was a wearisome chase they had for the next hour, and at the end they
+could not catch the 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.
+
+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.
+
+"That I will," exclaimed the boy, eagerly. "I know a real funny one;
+you like funny stories--don't you?"
+
+"Yes, when they're true," answered Minnie.
+
+"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 gentleman'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.
+
+"They fed it with goat's milk, and it grew quite contented, for three
+weeks clinging to the wig with great affection.
+
+"The gentleman had a large and valuable collection of insects, which
+were dried upon pins, and placed in a room appropriated to such
+purposes.
+
+"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.
+
+"The owner, entering when the meal was almost concluded, 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."
+
+"I don't call the last part funny at all," said Minnie, gravely.
+
+"But wasn't it queer for it 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."
+
+"But it was only a baby monkey then, Harry."
+
+"How did it happen," inquired Mrs. Lee, "that Jacko got away from you?"
+
+"He watched his chance, aunty, and twitched the chain away from Minnie.
+Now he's done it once, he'll try the game again, I suppose, he is so
+fond of playing us tricks."
+
+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.
+
+"Really," she exclaimed to her husband, "if Jacko goes on so, I shall
+be of cook's mind, and not wish to live in the house with him."
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER IV.
+
+THE MONKEY IN CHURCH.
+
+
+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.
+
+Watching his chance, he went to Mrs. Lee's room while the family were at
+breakfast one morning, and finding some nice 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.
+
+"You good for nothing, mischievous creature," she cried out, in sudden
+wrath, "I'll cure you of prowling about the house in this style."
+Giving him a cuff across his head with a shoe, "Go back to your cage,
+where you belong."
+
+"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."
+
+"Would Minnie mourn very much if she were to lose him?" asked Mr. Lee.
+
+"I suppose she would for a time; but then she has so many pets to take
+up her attention."
+
+Just then the child ran in, her eyes filled with tears, exclaiming,--
+
+"Father, does Jacko know any better? Is he to blame for trying to wash?"
+
+Mr. Lee laughed.
+
+"Because," she went on, "I found him crouched down in his cage, looking
+very sorry; and nurse says he ought to be ashamed of himself, cutting
+up such ridiculous capers."
+
+"I dare say he feels rather guilty," remarked Mr. Lee. "He must be
+taught better, or your mother will be tired of him."
+
+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.
+
+"A lady was returning from 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.
+
+"When she did wrong, she would kneel and clasp her hands, seeming
+earnestly to ask to be forgiven."
+
+"That's a good story, mamma."
+
+"Yes, dear; and here is another."
+
+"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
+his cap and made a very polite bow.
+
+"'Are you going away?' asked the owner. 'Where is your passport?' Upon
+this the monkey held out a square piece of paper.
+
+"'See!' said the gentleman; 'your mistress' gown is dusty.'
+
+"Jack instantly took a small brush from his master's pocket, raised the
+hem of the lady's dress, cleaned it, and then did the same to his
+master's shoes, which were also dusty.
+
+"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."
+
+"Do you think, mamma, I could teach Jacko to do so?" inquired Minnie,
+eagerly.
+
+"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."
+
+"I had rather uncle Frank would carry him back to Africa," sighed the
+child. "He would be so unhappy."
+
+"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."
+
+"A monkey living with a gentleman in the country became so troublesome
+that the servants were constantly complaining."
+
+"That seems similar to our case," said the lady, smiling, as she
+interrupted the reading.
+
+"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 there were to be
+found in the room.
+
+"When the lady returned to the chamber, he was busily engaged in
+spreading the torn and disfigured remnants to dry.
+
+"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.
+
+"The servants at once knew he had been in mischief, as this was his
+place of refuge when he was in disgrace.
+
+"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. 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."
+
+Minnie looked very grave after hearing this story, and presently said,
+"I wonder how old that monkey was."
+
+"The book does not mention his age, my dear. Why?"
+
+"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.'"
+
+"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."
+
+"And which, mamma, do you think Jacko is?"
+
+"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."
+
+"Killed!" screamed Minnie, with a look of horror; "O, mamma, I wouldn't
+have one of my pets killed for any thing."
+
+Mrs. Lee thought that would probably be at some time Nannie's fate, but
+she wisely said nothing.
+
+"Please read more, mamma. I don't want to think about such awful
+things."
+
+The lady cast her eyes over the page, and laughed heartily. 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.
+
+"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, 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."
+
+"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 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.
+
+"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 pulpit, and jumped upon the sounding-board.
+
+"Here he gravely seated himself, looking round in a knowing manner on
+the congregation, who were greatly amused at so strange a spectacle.
+
+"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 movements of his master, who was
+unconscious of his presence.
+
+"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.
+
+"The monkey, who had now become familiar with the scene, imitated every
+motion, until at 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.
+
+"All this time, the little fellow overhead mimicked every movement with
+ardor and exactness.
+
+"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.
+
+"Casting his eyes upward, the 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."
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER V.
+
+JACKO IN THE PANTRY.
+
+
+In his frequent visits to the stable, Jacko amused himself by catching
+mice that crept out to pick up the corn.
+
+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 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.
+
+Poor Jacko was evidently much astonished, and quite indignant, at this
+treatment, but presently consoled himself by jumping into a soup
+tureen, where he fell sound asleep, while the mice scampered all over
+the place.
+
+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 eat, when he spied the jam pots on
+the upper shelf.
+
+"There is something good," he thought, smelling them. "I'll see."
+
+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.
+
+At last, his appetite for sweets was satisfied, and coiling his tail in
+a corner, he lay quietly awaiting the servant's coming to take him out.
+
+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.
+
+She ran in haste to summon Hepsy and the nurse, her heart misgiving her
+that this was not 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.
+
+For several days the monkey did not recover from the effects of his
+excess. He was never shut up again in the pantry.
+
+When Mrs. Lee returned she blamed the servants for trying 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.
+
+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."
+
+"Don't you know any stories of good monkeys, father?"
+
+"I don't recollect any at this moment, my dear; but I will see whether I
+can find any for you."
+
+He opened the book, and then asked,--
+
+"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?"
+
+"No, sir; I never heard about it."
+
+"Yes, that is the case. He puts his food in them, and keeps it there
+till he wishes to devour it.
+
+"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
+facility 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."
+
+"I'm sure, father," eagerly cried Minnie, "that Jacko has a prehensile
+tail, for I have often seen him swing from the ladder which goes up the
+hay mow."
+
+"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 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 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."
+
+"Monkeys have a curious way of introducing their tails into the fissures
+or hollows of trees, for the purpose of hooking out 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."
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER VI.
+
+THE CRUEL MONKEY.
+
+
+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?"
+
+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 of their young, and that, when threatened with danger, they mount
+them on their back, or clasp them to their breast with great affection.
+
+"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."
+
+"There is an animal called the fair monkey, which, though the most
+beautiful of its tribe, is gloomy and cruel. One of these, 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.
+
+"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 treatment made her wretched and dull.
+
+"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.
+
+"This cruel act seemed to afford him much gratification, for he
+descended in high spirits."
+
+"I should think they would have punished him," said Minnie, with great
+indignation.
+
+"Perhaps they did, love. At any rate, it proves that beauty is by no
+means always to be depended upon."
+
+Mrs. Lee then took her sewing, but Minnie plead so earnestly for one
+more story, a 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.
+
+"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.
+
+"Sprite was very fond of beetles, and also of spiders, and his 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.
+
+"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 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.
+
+"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, however, for the
+handle was the part he attempted to polish, and, cutting his fingers, he
+relinquished the sport.
+
+"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 &
+Martin into it, nearly filling it with the precious fluid. His coat was
+a nice mess for some days after.
+
+"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.
+
+"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 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.
+
+"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.
+
+"The cooking was done by a large fire on the open hearth, 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.
+
+"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.
+
+"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.
+
+"This he found exceedingly comfortable for a time; but soon the water
+began to grow hot. 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.
+
+"He was rolled in blankets, 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."
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER VII.
+
+KEES STEALING EGGS.
+
+
+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 manoeuvres, asking twenty
+questions about him, without giving her father time to answer. On their
+way home, she inquired,--
+
+"Are baboons one kind of monkeys, father?"
+
+"Yes, my daughter; and a more disagreeable, disgusting animal I cannot
+conceive of."
+
+"I hope you are not wishing for a baboon to add to your pets," added her
+mother, laughing.
+
+"I don't believe Jacko would get along with that great fellow at all,"
+answered the child. "But, father, will you please tell me something
+more about the curious animals?"
+
+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.
+
+Minnie's sympathies were alive in an instant. She begged her father to
+get out, as possibly he might be of some use.
+
+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.
+
+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.
+
+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.
+
+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.
+
+During the rest of the drive, she could talk of nothing else, wondering
+whether the spaniel was alive now, or whether the young man in the buggy
+paid for hurting it.
+
+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.
+
+Mr. Lee found in his library a book which gave a short account of the
+animal, which he read to her.
+
+"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 humanity as striking as
+it is disgusting."
+
+"Then follows an account," the gentleman went on, "of the peculiarities
+of different kinds of baboons, which you would not understand."
+
+"But can't you tell me something about them yourself, father?"
+
+"I know very little about the creatures, my dear; but I have read that
+they are exceedingly strong, and of a fiery, vicious temper.
+
+"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."
+
+"I saw the man at the menagerie giving them apples," said Minnie; "but
+he did not give them any meat all the time I was there."
+
+"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 to the
+dogs, and often have fierce battles with them; but they greatly fear the
+gun.
+
+"As the baboon grows older, instead of becoming better, his rage
+increases, so that the slightest cause will provoke him to terrible
+fury."
+
+"Is that all you know about them?"
+
+"Why, Minnie, in order to satisfy you, any one must become a walking
+encyclopaedia. What other question have you to ask?"
+
+"Why, they must have something to eat, and how are they to get it unless
+they go into gardens?"
+
+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, 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."
+
+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."
+
+"Yes, that was quite an interesting story, if you can call it to mind,"
+said the gentleman, rising.
+
+"It was in a book of travels in Africa," the lady went on. "The
+traveller, whose name was 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.
+
+"There was another way in which Kees made himself useful. Whenever they
+came across any 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.
+
+"Le Vaillant used to hunt, and frequently took Kees with him on these
+excursions. The poor fellow understood the preparations making for the
+sport, 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.
+
+"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 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.
+
+"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, 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.
+
+"Another habit that Kees had was very curious. He sometimes grew tired
+with the long marches, and then he would 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 out of sight, and then they both ran in great
+haste to overtake their master.
+
+"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 eating, he gave them a box on the ear,
+and thus compelled them to retire to a respectful distance."
+
+"Why, mother, I think Kees was a very good animal, indeed," said Minnie,
+with considerable warmth.
+
+"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 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.
+
+"Le Vaillant was accustomed to have eggs for his breakfast; 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.
+
+"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 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.
+
+"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, 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.
+
+"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 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."
+
+"And was he whipped, mother?"
+
+"No; he was forgiven that time, as he seemed so penitent. 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, he would speedily have revenged the
+insult."
+
+ * * * * *
+
+ "Nature is man's best teacher. She unfolds
+ Her treasures to his search, unseals his eye,
+ Illumes his mind, and purifies his heart,--
+ An influence breathes from all the sights and sounds
+ Of her existence; she is wisdom's self."
+
+ * * * * *
+
+ "There's not a plant that springeth
+ But bears some good to earth;
+ There's not a life but bringeth
+ Its store of harmless mirth;
+ The dusty wayside clover
+ Has honey in her cells,--
+ The wild bee, humming over,
+ Her tale of pleasure tells.
+ The osiers, o'er the fountain,
+ Keep cool the water's breast,
+ And on the roughest mountain
+ The softest moss is pressed.
+ Thus holy Nature teaches
+ The worth of blessings small;
+ That Love pervades, and reaches,
+ And forms the bliss of all."
+
+
+
+
+
+MRS. LESLIE'S JUVENILE SERIES.
+
+16mo.
+
+FOR BOYS.
+
+ Vol. I. THE MOTHERLESS CHILDREN.
+ " II. PLAY AND STUDY.
+ " III. HOWARD AND HIS TEACHER.
+ " IV. JACK, THE CHIMNEY SWEEPER.
+
+FOR GIRLS.
+
+ Vol. I. TRYING TO BE USEFUL.
+ " II. LITTLE AGNES.
+ " III. I'LL TRY.
+ " IV. ART AND ARTLESSNESS.
+
+
+
+
+ MINNIE'S PET CAT.
+
+
+ BY
+
+ MRS. MADELINE LESLIE,
+ AUTHOR OF "THE LESLIE STORIES," "TIM, THE SCISSORS-GRINDER,"
+ ETC.
+
+
+ ILLUSTRATED.
+
+
+ BOSTON:
+ LEE AND SHEPARD,
+ SUCCESSORS TO PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & CO.
+ 1864.
+
+
+
+
+ MINNIE'S PET PARROT.
+
+
+ BY
+
+ MRS. MADELINE LESLIE,
+ AUTHOR OF "THE LESLIE STORIES," "TIM, THE SCISSORS-GRINDER,"
+ ETC.
+
+
+ ILLUSTRATED.
+
+
+ BOSTON:
+ LEE AND SHEPARD,
+ SUCCESSORS TO PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & CO.
+ 1864.
+
+
+
+
+ MINNIE'S PET DOG.
+
+
+ BY
+
+ MRS. MADELINE LESLIE,
+ AUTHOR OF "THE LESLIE STORIES," "TIM, THE SCISSORS-GRINDER,"
+ ETC.
+
+
+ ILLUSTRATED.
+
+
+ BOSTON:
+ LEE AND SHEPARD,
+ SUCCESSORS TO PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & CO.
+ 1864.
+
+
+
+
+ MINNIE'S PET LAMB.
+
+
+ BY
+
+ MRS. MADELINE LESLIE,
+ AUTHOR OF "THE LESLIE STORIES," "TIM, THE SCISSORS-GRINDER,"
+ ETC.
+
+
+ ILLUSTRATED.
+
+
+ BOSTON:
+ LEE AND SHEPARD,
+ SUCCESSORS TO PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & CO.
+ 1864.
+
+
+
+
+ MINNIE'S PET HORSE.
+
+
+ BY
+
+ MRS. MADELINE LESLIE,
+ AUTHOR OF "THE LESLIE STORIES," "TIM, THE SCISSORS-GRINDER,"
+ ETC.
+
+
+ ILLUSTRATED.
+
+
+ BOSTON:
+ LEE AND SHEPARD,
+ SUCCESSORS TO PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & CO.
+ 1864.
+
+
+
+
+Transcriber's Note
+
+The following typographical errors were corrected:
+
+Page Error
+73 "good morning," changed to 'good morning,'
+112 pet monkey." changed to pet monkey.
+
+
+
+
+
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