Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-04
Gyp and the Hand Organ
Monkey at Home.

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iuere Wasnt nano-orGan IN all monkey
town, and. strange as 1t may seem, the
hand-organ man had never visited that part
OF the world
AtI.that So .o,,..,,., en- ,.a,,.
80 ~ mat sne monkey IolR knew aDou.
eal - .s1S &c 1'ise1 = was = sooa
thing TOR monkeys to keep away from II
they wished to be free and happy
<)nly one monkey in MonIeytown. and he
- = :
ss.s oius mao ever seen aie Manu-
organ man turning the crank OF music
box with one hand, while the other was
busy holding, or jerking a strong cord
with 4 ve,rr rnonbev fled r., tl,e ,,t,,ez ara
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lH.s very olu HonAey nickname was
JecRo ae Muhk, and he had been
called Jocko de Munk so long that he
had forgotten the name given him by his
monkey parents when he was christened.
Little Gyp Monkey of Monkeytown, one
OF the little heroes of this story, lad often
heard of Jocko de Munk. and one day
| when Jocko was resting IN the top OF
+ tall tree Gyp politely offered to get him
some ripe cocoanuts He hoped old Jocko
would tell him what happened when ..e
was young monkey poy.
Jocko thanked Gyp and said he should
enjoy a very ripe cocoanttt Tor ne was
getting old and sim IN his arms and legs.
and couldn't climb quite as nimbiy as
#saSn younger
Gyp soon found large. we'll ripened nut,
| as pig as ms mead and chmnea UP the
tall tree with it to the smiling old monkey.
H. said:
+ You are the most civil and thoughtfui
young monkey I've met Tor many Gay
Tome Tome, SIT beside me and let US nave
little chat
Fhat just what would IKE, IL You
viii do the chattering. said Gyp. have
heard OF you and your travels.
What shall / tell you about first?
Why you ran away. where you went
and how you managed to get back home
again., was Gyps rafting answer
Jocko smiled as he said: It Is getting
too late in the afternoon for all that, but
I will give you small dose today"
Jocko de Munk took fresh sip of the
milk in the cocoanut and, bracing his back
against the branch behind him, began:
Sonny, started alone without knowing
where / was going. was bound for any
where, away from home and those who
loved me, because I wished to find out
where the big ships came from that some
times anchored In the bay down yonder,
where the river ends in the great ocean. l
found a sailor man on the shore who took
me In a dark hole until the ship sailed
away.
Were you frightened in the dark hole7"
questioned Gyp
mot half as frightened in the dark as 1
was when the sailor man took me out
the deck and his strange. rough compan-
ions stared at me, pulled my tail. blew
smoke In my eyes from awful smelling
mines, and PLAYED ali sorts OF tricks upon
me which they called having fun with
tha ,ittla~ hahoon or course I wasn't a
bahonn added Jocko. ~ was only little
sr;gbtenad rnonkev-boy ALI alone among
!, =, e = esn e. 49,, ha,,e. ard 7 bayen'f
s.rr,s,a,, - III. Jay how ,nhind and cruel
,Sair .f,r,. seen,es 10 me rhe sailors wers
900 pat,red and meant no harm. but Il
Sidn.t nnsars,a-a thar WAYS then. / was
tll .,.m1 =. ~, I'D aia NOT fa.l like
so ,,,,s,,,, a,,e bsr thew tscklea me under
, ,s.ue n iss 80 ,oEea each ather about the
difyaranca netween a monkeys grin AID