The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-06-02
Tho Ena 81 sI5,Ii, lIy Mo,lnIk.esy. 8

uHSSn Auy monkey now, and i
DONE care what .becomes Of me. His
loss vas an awful blow. and noyer ex-.
pect TO recover from 1t. am crushed
boy, and when the old folks find What
their condnct has done 70 mo, they Will
wish they had done differently. VS. !,
IL waa ON iTueAday that 1 got the mon,
key. and oy Thursday everybody began
TO treat him coIdly. L. began With INV
littleat Histar. Jocko took der doll ayay.
and climbed up 10 the top of the door
With It, where he sat and pulled IL to
pieces, and tried its clothes on. only
they Wouldn't 81. him, while sister. who
IS bns little girl, stood aud howled 40
IL she was .v...s silled. This made
mother begin to dislike the monkey. snd
she said that IL his conduct Yas such, he
couldn't stay 10 her house. call thia
uukind, for the monkey was Invited into
the house, aud I've been told NO must
bear with gisitora. lttsil 3, 1e a : - :
a little while afterward, while mother.
Was salkiilg to Susan on the front piazsa.
ahe heard the sewing machine up.stairsI.
and s"Well, never, that COOK has the
impudence TO be sewing on my machine
without ever asking leave" sfi ai a
30 abe ran up stairs, and found that
Jocko was working the machine like
mad. He'd taken Sues night gown and
father's black coat and lot of stockiurs.
aud ahoved them all under tho needle.
a1d was sewing them all together. Moth.
or boxed his ears, aud then she aud Euo
eat down and worked all the morning
trying to ansew the thinga with tho
scis3ors. S.fi-. a.. o5l45. gst,-.
They had to give it up after while,
and the things are sswed together yet,
Ike man and wife, which no man can
put asunder. All this made my mother
more cool toward the monkey than ever;
beast. r. ~"
The nezt day was Sunday. and as Sue
,TTas sitting In the hall waiting for moth.
or TO go TO church with her, Jocko rcts
up on her, chair, aud PULLS the feat6ars
out of her bonnet. He thought he was
doing right, for he had seen the COOK
pulling the feathers off the chickens, but
Sue called him dreadful pnmes, and said
that when father caIne home, either she
or that monkey would leave the house,
Father came nome eRrly Monday, and
aaemed quite pleased with tho monkey.
le said 1t was AN interesting study, and
no told Susan that he hoped that she
would be contented with fewer beaus,
now shat there was monkey constantly
in Tho house. In little while father
caus at Jocko lathering himself with the
m1cillage brush, and with q kitchen
kniis all ready to ahaye hiuiselg He
just laughed ct tho monkey, and told me |
10 take good care Of him, and not let
him hurt himself. OF course WA
dreadfully pleased to find that father
liked Jocko, and ] knew it wss because
no was man, and had more, sense
than girls. But was only dcceivinp
myeelf and leaning or 9 broken weed.
That very evening when father went
into his. study after supper, be found
Jccko on his desk, he had torn all his
papers to pieces, except . splendid new
map, and that he was covering with ink.
and making believe that he was writing
President's message about the Panama
Ca1ai. Father was just raging. ne
took Jocko. py the scruff of the neck,
locked him in the closet, and sent him
away by express the next morning to o
man In the city with orders to cell him.
Iravefs that the monkey pretty nearly
Killed everybody on the train, for he got
hold Of the signal cord and pulled 1t.
and the engineer Thought it was the
conductor, and stopped the train, and
another train just behind It came within
on in q of running into it aud smashing
It TO pieces Jocko did the same thug
three timeS before they found out what
was the matter, and tied him up, no that
he couldn't reach the cord. Oh, he wan
just beautiful But shall never see
him again, and Mr.. Travers Gays that it's
all right, and tbat Pm monkey enough
idr one house. That's because Sue has
beenisaying things agninat tho monkey
to him but never mind.
Firat my dog went, and now my mon-
key hes gone. It seems as If everything
that Is beautiful must Disappear. Very
likely / shall 60 next, and when / am
gone, let them find the dog and the mon-
key, and bury us together.-Jimmyi
BROWN II, R,rDers Young People.