The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-03-25
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By fEaMY DROWN
1 havea.5 any monkey now. and !
doif't care what becomes Of me. His
loss was an awful blow, and never
expect to recover from it. | am a
crushed boy, and when the grown folks
find what their conduct has done to
me, they viii wish they had done diff
ferently.
1t wes ON Tuesday that | got the
monkey, and by Thursday everybody
began to treat him eoldly. 1t began
with my little sister Jocko took her
doll away. and climbed up to the top
of the door with it, where lac sat and
pulled it to pieces, and tried It's clothes
on, only they wouldn't fit him, while
sister. who is nothing but little girl
stood and howled as if she was being
killed. This made mother begin to
dislike the monkey, aud she said chat
If his conduct was such he couldn't
stay in her house. call this onkind,
for the monkey was invited into the
house, and I've been told We must
bear with visitors.
A little while afterward, while mother
was talking to Susan on the from tpiazza,
she heard the sewing machine up stairs,
and said,
"Wen, | never That cook has
the impudenee to be sewing on my
machine without ever asking leave.
So she ran up stairs, aud found that
Jocko was working the machine like
mad.
He'd taken Sues nightsown, and
fathers black coat, anal !, lot of stock.
ings, and showed them al under The
needle, and was sewing them al togcth
er. Mother boxed his cars, and then
she and Sue sat down and worked al
the morning trying TO unsew the things
with the scissors.
They had to give it up after while
and the things are sowed together yet
like man and wife, which ns
man can put asunder. All thit
made my mother moro cool TO
ward the monkey than ever, and
heard her cali him nasty little beast
The next day was Sunday, and IA
Sue was sitting in the hall waiting foI
mother to go to church with her, Jock,
gets up on ler chair and pulls tht
feathers o0t Of her bonnet He though
h was doing right, for he had seen tbs
cook pulling the feathers of OF tht
chickens, but Sue called him dreadful
names, and said that when father cam,
home, either she or the monkey woule
leave the house.
Father came home early Monday
and seemed quite pleased with I'll,
monkey lie said it was n interestia.
study, and he told Susan that BE hope,
that she would be coatented with fewe
beaux, now that there was menkcj
constantly in the honse.
In little while father caught jock,
lathering himself with the mucilag,
brush, aud with a kitchen knife al
ready to shave himself. lie JUS
laughed at the monkey, and told me t
take good care Of him, and not let hin
hurt himself OF course [ was dread
fully pleased to find that father like,
Jocko, ana 7 knew It was because h
was a man, and had more sense thar
girls. But / was only deceiging my
self, and leaning on broken weed
That very evening when father sen
iato his study after supper he lonat
Jocko on his desk Re haI to:a al
his papers TO pieces, except "a si'lsndi.
new map, and that tie was c5Y@rin.
with ink, and making bei:e. H. sa
writing a Presidents 3le.-az.. aaoJ
the Panama Canal Father vs.s i"s
raging. lie took JccSo IL lhe scrat
Of the neck, locke, him il Ihe closet
and sent him away Icy express the ntX
morning 70 man IL the cjtv. viii
orders to sell him
The expressman Afterwards .g!i NJ
Travers that the monkey pretty nsarl,
killed everybody on tie train for h
got hold OF the signal corl asal tu.le,
1t, and the engineer thoae..t i; was a.
conductor, and stopped The train, an4
another train just behind II came with
In an inch ofrunning iI5o Il and smash
ing II to pieces. Joclo did the saia
thing three times before hey foun
ont what was the matter, and tied hir
up 50 that be couldn't reach the cJra
Oh, he was Isl heau;if.,i Baa
shall never see him again, and b.
Travers says thas us MI right, an
that I'm monkey enough for one house
That's because Sue has ieea 3ayin
thin: against The monkey him br
ntv6r mind
First my dog ~ont, and no~ M
monkey has gore. It seems as ii ever
thing that is beautiful must disappea
Very likely ] shall 90 rext, aud ~hc
[ am gone, let them find tire dog 81
the monkey, and bury rs together
II>tn...o..1n Iyon,.n,. III