The record-union., 1899-12-25


Here's the money, and you needn't
mind the change, Tippy.
'Turk-turk-turkey for fair, sang
Tippy. "Oh! it's turk-turk-turkey TO
spare said Tippy, and he told the ele-
vator man if he'd dine with Tippy' .
mother Christmas day he could count
d royal blowout.
It's got to half dollars now, said
Tippy to his pal Tell you those peo-
pie must think the world of me, don't
YOUR
Sure they do,'' said the elevator man.
Remember me in your will, Tippy my
SON."
When he came back with the theater
tickets the office was just about to re-
sumo businesslike look when the door
opened and a seventeen ear-old lad
dashed in.
HE, where's my father?' he painted.
How do, Mr.. Trip? Oh. Miss Duck,
you're looking scrumptious. Where's
that monkey? Where's my father?
Tippy, I've a letter from brother Jack
in Manila, and he says he's sent a Fill
Pine monkey here. Have you got it?
Is it here?''
Tippy beamed on another friend, and
opened the door of the lawyers room.
For five minutes the office was in con-
fusion while the two boys chased the
monkey about, to Miss Ducks scream
ing accompaniment, and at last, when
/ it was retied and given more nuts to
pacify it, Tom Krank drew Tippy aside
| to a corner and slipped quarter into
his hand.
Don't let anything happen to lose 1T,
| Tippy," he said. "I'n come tonight
when I'm going home and take it away.
Say, Tippy, monkeys don't live long In
! this climate, you know, ana I'm going
| TO the medical school next year, you
know, and I'm studying, you know, like
anything, don't you know? Now a
monkeys much better to study than
cats, you know, and I'll tell you what,
| Tippy, for you're a good sort of chap.
don't you know, you can come and
watch me dissect him-when he's dead
| of course, you know"
He didn't wait to see how Tippy ap-
preciated this unexampled favor, but
was off about his business Then all
was quiet until old Krank came rush
ing in with client, spent half an hour
and went out with his client again, The
office work went on, and sometimes Mr..
| Trip took papers to the inner Office and
sometimes Miss Duck did, and quite
often Tippy went in to see how the Fill
pinO monkey got on. The beast seemed
to prosper, but he was never STILL He
i hoped all over the Sanctum and Tippy
had constantly to arrange things its
prying fingers had disturbed. But Tippy
had a lot of envelopes to address, and
after Mr.. Krank and his client went
away, the office boy forgot about the
money until Mr.. Trip suddenly said
/ That monkeys keeping very quite. -
Trip took papers into the inner Office
and then Tippy went in to investigate
and, behold. The exile was lying on its
side on the desk, dead and cold.
Then Tippy was most dsconsolate,
but Miss Duck cried.
1T was such a sweet little thing, -
she said, and perhaps it-it-had M
mother"
1t was absolutely necessary for Mr..
Trip to order Tippy to retire while he
kept Miss Duck in the inner office to
soothe her. Tippy almost forgot that
next day was Christmas at this dread
full mishap.
1t took Mr.. Trip a very long time to
console Miss Duck, and, in the mean
time Tippy laid out the dead monkey
in a long envelope box and mourned
over a pet whom he had already made
plans to have great fun with. Only the
merry jingle of dimes and quarters in
his pocket and the thought of what al,
extraordinarily exceptional dinner his
good old mother was to enjoy on
Christmas day kept up his spirits
at all. While he was thus mourning
Mr.. Krank came in and was about with
a busy face, to brush past into his
office, when Tippy took up the envelope
box, and, with a funeral face and SOL
emn step and slow, showed the Filipino
monkey under his employers nose.
BLESS my SOUL" said old Krank
boy, do you want me to take it? What
would 1 do with it? Give it to the jani-
tor 1 suppose you gave it too much
| to eat.'
And that was all the sorrow Mr.
loss.
| you're an unfeeling monster "
thought Tippy as he covered the mon
key and tucked it in with a clean sheet
of white blotting paper. Tippy, for all
HIS Lat, lidu d SOOu u0dl VI sentiment
about him. Miss Duck came out of the
inner office looking not so very un-
happy, you know-just a little flushed.
"Oh, Tippy," she said, when she saw
the box and the blotting paper, what
thoughtful, kind hearted boy you are.
| Tippy. this is just to show that I ap-
preciate you
Celery and cheese" thought Tippy,
and another quarter ratified in his
| pocket, and he smiled again.
Mr. Trip did not come out immedi-
ately. He and Mr.. Krank seemed to
be arguing about something. When he
did come out he looked very much an
noyed, and told Tippy his master want
ed to see him. Tippy went in with his
usual amiable smile and cheerful hop.
He found old Krank in his worst mood,
the mood which made poor Tippy' s
world grow dark when it came on and
his heart to quake. and his knees to
tremble. Krank was, in fact, furious.
He glanced sharply at the boy.
! What business had you at my desk.
sir?" he cried
ME, sir?"
yes, you sir. Look at the mess these
! papers are in"
oh" said Tippy, with relief, 81 guess
it was the monkey, SIR
1.-THE Monkey. The monkey! Look
here. boy, you brought with you char
acter for honesty. 1 hope it was not
forged"
| Sir.