The Grange advance., 1874-12-01
FOURTEEN MONKEYS.

FOURTEEN MONKEYS.
When we left the island Of Java.
where our ship touched for wood and
water, we took q ith US one huntlre,}
and sixly.eight Java spacrows and
fourteen monkeys. You know was
IL China a year or more, and this was
On the way home. Forty Of these
sparroys were mine, but they were no
trouble to rae. because my boy did all
the care.taking. had two Of the
monkeys 600; little, delicate, mouse
colored ones, with soft, silky hair.
One died very shortly, but the other
lived several months, and 4clung TO ,ne
like baby. He would creep under 1ay
coat or into a pocket, and be content to
lie there all day if would let him. and
he played like a kitten. Then there
was little cinnamon colored one which
spent great deal of time with him,
anad taught him all. che wicEedness he
knew, and their anticsa together were
funny beyond my telling. Poor Cinnv
came to an untimely end, and you shall
hear how. e rv~T. % -sn.-t =
You know the captain Of, a nan-of:
war messes, that is eats, alone, unless
he invites some one speci ally to share
his table, and the steward always takes
great pride in having meals handsome
ly served. The monkeys made him "a
great deal Of trouble, running away
with bread, and SO on, and generally, to
prevent their getting in, he locked the
door Of the cabin till the captain came:
This particular,day, the captain had
sat down to a beautiful little dinner.
and was on the point Of beginning
when he was called away, and went,
leaving the door7ope Cinny was on
the watch, and sped in, followed by a
large black. monkey full three feet
high, who had had his head. and face
shaved by the sailors, leaving only
mustache and side, whiskers. You
can't think what grim looking crea-
I'tureit was, with these jet black orna-
ments against snow white skin. Il
gave him a goblin-like, unearthly look.
shouldn't have cared TO meet him in
a dark night. -. f'Es "
swell, the two went, in, as 7 said,
velvet.footed and silent, and began
operations. The lights we're all open,
as the day was hot, and they threw
dish after dish out into the water.
Then Cinny took the butter. and oiled
himself from head to foot, drawing what
was left in streaks up and down the
table-cloth. The black one in the
meantime began upon the dessert, and
ate or threw it on the floor as the mood
took him, and in the midst Of all the
captain returned to find Cinny
emptying salt, mustard and so on from
the castors into the soup tureen. They
went BY him like lightning and up the
mast. but this time there, was no es-
cape. The captain was. furious and
drawing pistol, shot them both. They
fell into the, water, ~ - drowned, Of course;
and so two ogended. s &B.,. 4. sss tss
AL sorts Of things happened to the
eleven survivors. There were two or
three sheep on board, for the benefit
Of the sailors. and their lives were a
burden to them. Their tails were
pulled, and their wool, by that dread
full eleven i and one day two Of the
monkeys decided to ride them, and so
pinched and. kicked AID tormenteds the
poor creatures that they leaped from
their pen, and then, rightened by the
sailors, went over he ship S side, mon
keys and all, and were drowned. The
sailors wanted to lower a boat, for the
poor monkeys sW am and cried like
jchildren, but We were going too
fast. and they were gone before q boat
Icpn1d have reached them.
#Is:s. SSenly nine were left, and threesof
thesego al tlles uors one one
day and dra rank 50 much Wiil1e
the sssiiz Ped 81.
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