Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-04
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'1'll tell you where we can put them.
said Mary Olive, who was really quite practf
cal if one gave her time to think. I'm the
old tool house. Aunt Mira never goes in
there. But the hand-organ is heavy; l don't
believe that you and can get it up to the tool
house alone"
"You just help me get it on to my back.
the way the man carried it, and Wen see,
said Phineas, stoutly.
AS the organ was larger than Phineas, this
proved quite impracticable; but Mary Olive
and he managed to carry it together, walking
very slowly, and now and then setting it
down to rest.
Although they went across the fields, they
were in constant terror of being seen by
some one. They went a long way around, and
climbed an extra fence, to avoid Thad's eyes,
which was quite unnecessary, as Ihad was In
a hurry to get his work done, and hoed away
without once looking up.
The organ was placed in a corner OF the
Toulouse and covered with some old canvas
bags which Mary Olive found in the granary.
But as fast as they spread the bags over the
organ the monkey pulled them off. He seemed
to understand that he was to be placed IN
confinement, and chartered and screamed his
objections necessarily.
"There are so many chinks in this old roof
that he'll have plenty of air, said Mary Olive,
"and he can't possibly get away. Now you
slip out and I'll shut the door-quick! Here's
the paddock on the outside. I'm afraid we
shall have to pretend that we've lost the key
if Thad wants to go in. And we haven't had
the least bit of fun with them! l should like
to know how many times that organ would
play if ! were not afraid that someone would
hear it,"
Phineas' spirits rose somewhat when he had !
propPed his bank up so successfully on the
mantelpiece that it did not show that it had !
been broken, and Mary Olive had faithfully
promised that she would wind the clock and
dust the mantelpiece, so that Aunt Mira would
have no occasion to go near the bank.
He visited the monkey three times before
dinner time. Once he reported to Mary Olive
that he had gone to sleep, and looked just
like poor, little, tired-out old man, and he
liked him. At another time he had been try
ing to discover what. his name was. but had
not made much Roadway, owing to the fact
that he had never heard of but one name
for monkey, and this monkey did not
acknowledge the name of Jocko. The third
time he had found sufficient courage to raise
the organ and turn the crank gently
=. 1t had played "Annie Laurie and live
her tune besides He wished Mary Olive could
have heard it.
The monkey, was very lonesome: He had
cried like child to get out. Did Mary Olive
think 1t would be good plan to put Pluto
into the Toulouse with him for company?
Pluto was Aunt M'ria's great black cat-the
apple of her eye.
Mary Olive thought it very doubtful wheth-
er Pluto and the monkey would find each other
congenial, and she thought they both had in
frmities of temper which would be apt to
make their interview a lively one
"What did you catch?" asked Thad, as
he came up, tired and hungry, to the dinner
which Mary Olive had had to "fly round"
harder than ever to prepare.
Phlneas was reminded that he had left his
rod and line. his box of hooks, and his has.
ket down at the slip 1t would be fortunate
for him if the tide had not carried them away
by this time.