The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-07-03
MRS. TREMAINE'S MONKEY.

"Abr" he said, coming to the window,
:, .boupht it must be she. She's catch
80 the monkey. 1 expect she misses
ms now sometimes. You didn't see
~ Ls,ob wav it went, did your"
mo" | said. us she addicted to
limiting monkeysP"
%0nly the monkey" he replied. 81 used
TO do it once.
anear mel l said. It's a fashion
Mo amusement in the neighborhood,
thenP"
no" he answered, mournfully. II
nos engaged to that girl once, and that
hast of a monkey broke the engage
Enent of"
.Vere vou," 1 asked, "cut out by the
monkey, then?"
"a man" he said, must be very,
very Young to make remark like that"
"Who is she?" l inquired.
"Ob. she's Miss Tremaine," he said.
"Tll tell YOU the story, if you like. 1t will
<,e warning to you never to get en-
Caged to q girl who keeps monkey"
AT present" l said, there is no girl
Of the sort in my minds eye, but it's
better to be prepared for all emergen-
cies"
81 got engaged to Miss Tremaine," he
said. about three years ago. met her
at the tennis club, and dances, and
around the place generally here, but
had never seen much of her at home,
t,-,.,,.aya evan IF tho roarlxax,,-
existence. As soon as we were engaged
I was introduced to Jacko. He was a
small monkey, of ordinary appearance,
and was not at first sight prepossessing
Int in the Tremaine household he was
family fetch. It's curious to notice the
dominant influence in different fam
lies. Sometimes it's the baby, some
times the butler, sometimes the firsthus-
bands memory, and sometimes the daily
paper. But in this case, Jacko reigned
supreme Capt. Tremaine, who was
dead. had bought the beast, and it was
concerned in a touching deathbed scene
or something of the kind. At any rate,
Mrs Tremaine regarded it as a sacred
relic of the dear deceased, and lavished
all her love and affection on it. / we'll
remember the first night 1 saw JACKIE,
and discovered the habit that eventual
ly wrecked an engagement. 1t was a
sitting evening, and / suggested to
Maud the desirability of opening win
dow. oh, no. she said, we never can
have the windows open in the evening.
JACKIE would get out My first hint of
Jacko's habits was enlarged by Mrs.
Tremaines frequent and Objectionable
intrusions to inquire as to the beasts
whereabouts. A man in the first rap
ture Of an engagement naturally dis
likes the inrushes of some one else in
pursuit of monkey. The next morning
the nuisance increased. A servant came
round they live few doors from here
to tell me that JACKIE had Just escaped,
and would 1 help to catch him? found
him about lunch time, and overhauled
him after a long and exciting chase.
Jail, and the brute bit me and went on
'or another half hour. Mrs. Tremaine
explained eproachfully that JACKIE al
ways bit people who touched his tail.
For some months Jacko continued to
be nuisance at home and abroad.
When he escaped, which he managed to
do about once a week, l was expected
to secure him. This generally happened
In the morning, when the windows were
open and the tradesmen were calling,
and at first on these occasions did not
reach chambers till the afternoon.
Afterward ] became quite an adept at
catching him. His plan of campaign
was to wait till his pursuer was quite
close and then jump about 20 yards.
bought large butterfly net with
long handle, and he never got the hang
Of that. When had discovered this in
vention | was comparatively happy, but
waited with dread for the time when
Jacko should esc6pe after dark, and
should be compelled to hunt for the
brute through the watches of the night
on the peril of losing the regard of the
Iremaine family. Jacko's nomadic hab-
Its were, l may explain, attributed to a
desire to find his dead master. AT las;
the event dreaded occurred. One cold
winters evening JACKIE disappeared
while the cook was interviewing her ia
vorite policeman at the back door and
got well away. The cook received
months notice on the spot and l was
at once put on the track of the animal
Mrs. Tremaine was much annoyed be-
cause / wished to put on my boots be-
fore starting, and even Maud seemed
only anxious for the monkeys health
After tramping through three or four
miles of streets 1 experienced what at
nrst / regarded as unexpected good
luck. The brute came tearing round a
corner, and in a second he was in the
butterfly net. l was just preparing to
return, elated that the run had been SO
numerically cut short, when crowd
aiso came round the corner, headed by
an angry and GREATNESS Italian. IsooD
discovered the connection of events.
Inc Italian could not speak much Eng
Ilsh, but I gathered that he claimed
'acko as his monkey, his carrissimo
monkey. The crowd, who had become
excited in the chase, and who imag-
med that I was attempting to cheat a
poor, ignorant foreigner out of his only
solace in a strange land, demanded that
should give the monkey up. The
V 1.ss of Maud's face, if the scared ami,
mai spent the night in the possession OF
ssa a untrustworthy Italian, rose before
my eyes, and distinctively declined to