The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-02

neulclne, put While doing so could
not help feeling the confinement of
his position. This was particularly
the case at 3 o'clock, the time at which
he was accustomed to going forth to
| oathe at the old sawmill or to take a
| NY through the country on his bicycle.
be sure and be on hand bright and
early in the morning, for tomorrow
! we sweep the store and sand the
floor" said. Mr.. Koppel, as Tommy
started homeward.
We'll. Tommy" asked Mr.. Ben
ham that night, how do you like bus
! iness?"
First rate" replied Tommy, too
| proud to say just what he thought of
1t, but 1 met with an accident. An
Australian emu stole my luncheon out
OF my pocket, and swallowed it, wrap
! per, cord and ALI"
They are great eaters, 1 believe, "
replied Mr. Benham.
This one" said Tommy, will eat
safety pins or cloth and get as much
satisfaction out of such food as I
could out of cocoanut pie. The other
DAY they told me some one broke a
pane of glass in the store and the
emu ate the pieces like ginger snaps"
On the following morning Tommy
entered the store and told his en-
ployer that he would like to put his
luncheon in the safe if the emu had no
knowledge of the combination
Mr.. Koppel put the package in the
safe and then sent Tommy to the hos
pltal to give Jerry his hourly medi-
| cine. Jerry was at this time in a very
uneasy frame of mind and had to be
amused
| How soon do you think the mon
key will be well?" asked Tommy.
In few days." replied Mr.. Kop-
pei. "All he requires now is a little
coaxing. You must stay here and
81 y him his medicine and occasional
ly clay him a tune on this little ma
chine"
Mr.. Koppel went downstairs and
Tommy turned the handle of the lit
tie music-box. When it responded
with a lively air the sick monkey
seemed less respondent, for he arose
and capered
Tommy was beginning to grow
! weary of business. AS he sat grinding
music he thought of his companions
VINO were playing baseball on the en-
erald field and padding around the
OLD mill pond upon a raft. He was
beginning to envy them, and while
ne was thinking what a nice thing
1t would be to be able to go home on
an early train to join in a game of ball,
the L o'clock whistle blew.
Tommy went downstairs to get his
luncheon from the safe.
How did your luncheon come to
get in there?" asked a clerk.
asked Mr. Koppel to put it in
there this morning." replied Tommy
very meekly, that the emu couldn't
steal it. You know, yesterday. he
took it out of my pocket while / was
busting the cages"
Mr.. Koppel will not be back until
O'clock" said the clerk, land he is
the only one who has the combina-
ton
There was nothing to do except
wait, hungry as he was. And there
was little sympathy for his plight
He had scarcely finished devouring the
belated meal when he was called.
Come now, Tommy, be lively
said the clerk. Jerry has just beer
weeping
What is the matter?" asked Tom
my.
Some one, for a joke, gave him a
horse chestnut and after he had eat~n
about half of it he went almost
crazy"
So Tommy climbed upstairs and
played on the music box and famed
! the perturbed Simian until the latter
began to act like his old self.
you must now take him out on the
walk for an hour or two and give him
a breath of fresh air." said Mr.. Kop-
! pei
What! before all the crowd?". asked
Tommy.
Certainly" replied Mr. Koppel,
that is one thing you must be willing
| to do if you want to succeed in this
business"
Tommy carried Jerry forth, because
+ he refused to walk, and proceeded
down quiet street, where he thought
! that he would not be molested. But,
strange as it may seem, he not only
met some boys on this street, but
boys from the very suburban village in
| which he himself lived.
Hello! Tommy" shouted one of
them.
"Heno!' replied Tommy. blushing at
being caught in such a position.
What are you, anyhow" inquired
| one of them, with a smile, "a monkey
nurse?"
mo, not exactly" replied Tommy;
"I am Just airing this fellow a bit"
"Well how do you like business,
anyhow" they asked.
First rate" he replied. when
you've got to begin some time what
| difference does it make how soon you
! start?"
"Don't suppose it makes any. but
do YOU ever have to put camphor on
the monkey to keep the moths out of
! mis- fur?"
81 suppose you think that's smart,
don't you?" said Tommy.
"Well, it may not be very smart,
but it is about as smart as giving up
a nice summer vacation to go to work
in a monkey store. Now we are go
ing uptown to a championship base
ball match. Don't you want to come
Nalong?"
J Tommy turned a corner, burning
with modification when he thought OF
the way in which all the boys of his
native town would tease and torment
him as soon as these wicked compan-
ions from whom he had just parted
should tell of what they had seen.
81 must get out of this scrape, -
unused Tommy, sin some way. Oh,
how wish 1 could run half a dozen
of Mr.. KoppeFs imported snakes
! through a clotheswringer, one after
the other, and get myself discharged;
but there is no clotheswringer in the
! place."
While Tommy unused he wandered
on in an aimless sort of way until he
! reached the river. 1t struck him that
the cooling breezes from the water
might do Jerry good. So he lost no
time in taking a seat upon the string
niece of the wharf. No sooner had
! he done so than an organ grinder
happened along and filled the air with
music.
The monkey frisked and danced at
a great rate. jumping from Tommy's
lap to his head and down again, as
| if working on springs. This did not