The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-01
How Johnny Went to Sleep.
BY MARY l.. BoLLEs BRANCH

pillow. But Instead Of that, here it was
eight o'clock, and his eyes were wide
open and bright as stars; nis cheeks were
deep pink, and he kept popping up
out OF the bedclothes like Jack in-the-
box,
HIS mamma thought 10 herself, "What
In the worldsshnll dog" Ard then
she SAID aloud, Johnny, don't you want
to |'e very still and hear me tell a
atory 20
tt brown head bobbed down on the
pillow and Johnny said promptly, Eyes,
bout monkey"
"A monkey and an organ?'' asked
mamma, rapidly laying her plot.
Eyes" said Johnny, curling down con-
ten'edly in bed, and mamma began:
Once there was man, and he had an
organ all covered with green cloth anda
monkey with little red coat and blue
ha'. And in the morning the man took
the organ ON one shoulder and the mon
key on tie other, and went along the
street till he came to Lucy Hoyt's house,
and Lucy was sitting out on the door
step playing with her dolly. Then the
man vent into the yard and began to
Slsy IN his organ "Ting-a ling ling /
Tlng-s-ling-:ing!' putting the monkey
cown on the ground at the same time
And what do you think the monkey
did? He went right up to Lucy and
snatched the dolly out of her hands
and ran of with it, o, that naughty
monkey! cried Lucy, he's carried eff nv
dolly! And she chased the monkey az
fast as she could, but he ran along the
top of the fence and sprang up into a
high tree with the dolly in his aims,
And Lucy began to cry. Then the man
said, Haven't you got another dollv?'
Lucy said, Yes, I've got another in the
house, Then the man said, go and get
it, 81 Lucy went into the house and
took dolly out Of her bureau drawer
and brought it out in the yard Then
t;ie mar SAID, Now drop the dolly or
che ground, So Lucy dropped the
dolly on the ground, and when the
monkey saw her drop it on the ground
ne thought that was the right way to
play With d"llies, 50 he dropped the one
be had on the ground too, and Lucy raj
quick and picked up both the dolliss {,
Then she went straight into the house
and put the dollies away in the bureau
drawer and shut it up tight, ard then she
wen back to see what the monkey would
do. The monkey came down oat of the
tree and whsn he saw the dollies were
gone he took off his lat and made a
very low bow to Lucy and then he began
so dance q jig, while the man kept play.
ing on tho organ, Ting ling ling (!
Ting-a-ling-lingr
Lucy ran and called her mother and
said, -. mamma, zee the monkey dancer
Then the monkey took his hat and pass .
cd 1t up 10 them for pennies. 81 Lucy
put IN ore penny auh her mamma put in
one penny, and then the monkey carried
the hat to the man and the man took The
pennies ard put them in his own pocket.
Is hat nice story, Johnny?"
Yes" said Johnny, winking his blue
eyes very fast, "more about the monkey
aid the organ!''
swell, then, the man took the monkey
and the organ upon his shoulders again
and went up the street, with all the
little boys and girls following after him,
TILL he came where Paul and Jay live.
Then he stopped and began to play on
his organ 'Tirg-a-ling-lirg! Ting-a-
hng-i'ng! and Paul and Jay came run
nlng out to see tbeImonker. And what
90 you thing the monkey did? He
Jumped right up on little Jays back and
pulled his hair! And Jay screamed out.
Mamma, mamma! take the monkey off
my back! 80 jays mamma ran out and
pulled the monkey off and set him on
the ground and boxed his ears. That
frightened the monkey so that hs climb
ed up into tree 1t was an apnle traa
and there was great nice apple on it
that the monkey thought he would pick
and eat. But when he bit piece out IF
1T ne found 1t was sour and be did not
IKE sour annlas so be thrArx L. L.