The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-02-06
a Monkey Revenge.

When monkeys are IN captivity. they always
endeavor t. be noticed hy visitors, partly for van
tvs sake. and rarity because they hope Tor Ger
tain donations vi nuts. apples and other daintiee.
Their jealousy l. easily excited, and knows no
bounds. ii they imagine thar their rival Is getting
more than hi- fair share uf the good things L
was once a witness 70 n most absurd scene OF
jealousy.
y few years ago. one Of Womhwells we'll
known collections visited Oxford, and. ~ usual.
exhibited n large allowance of monkeys. These
little animals exercised all their ingenuity IN
attracting the notice Of tie visitors, IN order 70
obtain some OF the cakes. nuts. &c., which they
saw the elephant receiving. One particularly
lively monkey had attained - considerable emil
hence in his art. and used 10 mOnOpolIze no small
portion of the various dslicacies. suddenly, he
failed u procure his usual supplies. and saw.
with great Indignation, that most Of the Visitors,
particularly the ladies, had turned their atten-
tions 70 the next cage. This, OF course, excited
mis- jealousy and curiosity, and he exercised all
his cndeavOrs To discover the cause of his desertiOn.
At length. by dint of great perseverance, he con-
trIvet 10 poke out a knot in the board which
divided their PARTITION. and. on looking through,
discovered that the Inhabitants of the adjoining
tenement had lately been blessed with Il baby.
The unfortunate baby-monkey instantly became
the object of his ~unremitting persecution. He
watched it through his knot-hole-he put his
hand round the corner. and tried 10 pinch the
poor animal-he picked the keepers pocket of
the food that ought u have gone to his rival 4;
and, in fact, spent his time in deyiSing new an
novances. The mother all this time was PER
fectly acquainted with the evil designs of her
neighbor. and carefully kept her baby away from
the dangerous corner where the monkeys hand
was continually intruding itself. In Z short
time, the little one was suffered To 90 about by
himself, and its untiring enemy rodoubled his
cSertions.
At last his time of revenge arrived. One day
he was observed 10 pay more attention to his
peep hole, and, after long and patient watching,
he was seen to ommenc that peculiar vibrating
movement which generally prelaces Il monkeys
mischief. Suddenly his eye was withdrawn from
the knot-holc, his hand thrust through like light
ming, and withdrawn, bringing with it the tail OF
the unfortunate little monkey on the other side
of the partition. lie fixed his feet firmly on
each side of the knot-hole, and tugged away ut
his rivals tail, alternately screaming with delight
and chattering with fear at the punishment which
he well knew would follow. The poor baby
monkey, ON being assaulted in such an unexpected
manner, SET up Il heart-rending outcry, on hear
ing which its mother flew to It's assistance, and,
seeing her offspring apparently fastened to the
wall, seized il by its arms, and pulled with all
her might in order 10 release it. The aggressor
Chartered, the mother demonstrated, and the baby
screamed, until the cutlery drew the attention of
a keeper, at whose approach the aSgressor loosed
his hold Of his victims tail, and crouched into the
farthest corner OF the cage. where he displayed
exceeding ingenuity in avoiding the cuts of the
keepers whip.-EmgLsh paper.