The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-02-08
A SINGULAR AFFECTION.

a,unossible to stay more tnan TWO MN
-teain any monkey home or resort
ever stumbled upon, so was dellgnt-
ed to go into the great monkey-nouse
IA the Antwerp Zoo, by some persons
REGARDED as the finest in Europe ana
6nd if. with its marble floors and glass
h,oated cages, clean and sweet-smelilng
as the most fastidious could desire.
We stopped some time in front OF the
1ar-re airy room which had Deen ses
aside for bedroom and parlor Tor MOI
s;eur and Madame Chimpanzee, low
partition separating the two rooms
The happy pair had just been present-
| ad With a new set of furniture, ana
| monsieur was very much out OF tenn
per because so many people had come
to see how they liked it. Madame MS
wife. was very busy shaking out the
rugs, busting the chairs. putting on
the table-cloth, tidying up generally,
and the children clustered in front OF
the cage were laughing with dellgnL
but her husband sat in an ll-tempereo
bunch until at last, his feelings being
too much for him, he swooped upon MS
wife. picked her up in his arms, car
ried her into the bedroom, put her into
the little French bedstead, shook her
well when she struggled and objected
and slapped her severely, l grieve to
sav. covered her up. neck and nose
with a sheet, tucking her in so that
not even her tail could be seen, ana
, then sat down with his back 70 the
audience in a most suggestive way.
Then we passed on to the large CEN
trail many-sided cage, where hosts
I of little monkeys were dlsporung
8 themselves They were soclaOle
. little. people. Not content with chat
! terino to their friends in the same in
D closure, they lodged aud grlnneo
e through the glasses to their nelghoors
g on both sides.
n Rut one small monkey, a bright-eyed
i little fellow, sat on his launches, chin
Il IN hand, quite apart from the others
8 searching the crowd anxiously WIZ
!. his black ewes. While watched him
y an attendant came up and asked In tal
If though labored English, IF madam
ID saw that little monkey" and when
ID replied in the affirmative, ne con
of tinued: IF madame would watch 0u
10 uoment more, she would be able t
IL amuse herself much.
j. ..It - now the time," he went on
at booking up at the clock, "for tn
. friend. that he come-ah, he now az
ry proaches."
tn As he spoke. the monkey suddenl
aft .nranp I'D. curled his tail and one II
nd lie black hand round bar where u
ed vlass had been lowered, and began
nd wave the other small morsel OF han
ar. N the air, throwing kisses with
,ld bobbtng his head. and acting as II ma
he with joy Through the crowd comes
,he sttle curly-headed Flemish boy, CT
ON in hand, school-books under arr
go showing all his pretty white teeth
Ia laughed and nodded quite as ha
ni.v as the monkey. Up he came
he cage, and between the bars we
=. cut two little brown arms, draw
him close enough for his tiny fur
lcts friend to clasp him about the nee
ex- Dat his cheeks, smooth his hair.
ted range his collar and necktie, and K
,me him again and again.
The At last when the first transports
the 10Y was over, the boy put his Doc
bse- down on the floor, and submitted 81
for SEN to an examination conducted "
pre- wonderful rapldlty ana e4acUhe
Ibig Each pocket in turn was rihed, It's
ded tents noted, first the boys nose, u
rish the monkeys, wiped with a small I
sent ton handkerchief, which the mon
,wer then carefully folded and returned
a in its owners pocket. A piece OF
nak- pencil next occasioned much rejoici
real and was slowed away in capacl
,rld. cheek while the search went on u
uish terrupted At last q small craC
ab- was drawn from one pocket, nut I
its the other, and called forth wild den
Sc it ltrations of delight and gratitude
the The books were now in turn sub
are 4 for his inspection. and the NOR
t the ,xamined each one, turning the le
1uite with marvellous rapidity, and yet
'hese seeming to miss one page. han
ough each one back, held upright thu
lring might slip safely between the bar
ected soon as the last leaf had been tnr
thout The last one the boy handed in
Irish small handbook, which he
quite through carefully, turning the le
much back and forth till he had select
special one, which he then tore OIL
I the carefully that the rest of the book
used. uninjured. Seating himself on {
when bar, he spread the sheet out OF
emble cover of the book, took the 7
spun from his mouth and began to scr
been | industriously, looking up now
sr. so again, for the smile and nod o
9TH of prova which never failed TO greet
aired. -.
covered up with pencil-marks, b
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