Evening star., 1908-01-18
NIMBLE'S EDUCATION.
BY ELIZABETH MoEEEIL

They called him Nimble because ne was
about the nimb.est thing on eaf'" iis
was monkey born to shine OF
through his thirst for Information ~
his first moment he wanted to Know a"oo
things. Often he regretted the Aio"
edge but at the next opportunity he
would be experimenting and seeking ioi
truth
rIe had -oonuuered all the secrets OF ms
native Jungle when he was four Years
old. and then. just when ne was "e.p'"s
Il know he must have wept II WAS 81
like him-for new things TO CONQUER Ae
was captured. sold to sea captain aiiu
brought in a cage to America. ina'
knowledse Nimble hid in the deepest ie
cesses of his hairy breast, ana "heiie.et
he recalled the ups and downs Oh no
voyage he was the saddest monkey y"
earth Rut no sooner had he feached
shore than Mr.. John Taylor bought MN
for Teddy. and life began in real earnest
Teddy knew more than NiEbie, ana ne
was four years old. too!
At least Nimble thought Teddy kne"
more, but really he only knew ABOUT .,e
same amount of mischief " was sianp,s
another kind. However, Nimble respecleu
Ted's wisdom. and would hump himself
up by the hour and regard the hoy Win Win
an ancient expression on his lace .i.
was quite touching. At last he came ~
the conclusion that the only diiteleis.
Teddy wore a covering OF cloth. tasts-
fully made He, Nimble. wore notnlns
but hair. and it was not made at an >.
lust came and stayed. SO Nimble de-
cided to get himself suit OF ciolheS
and be wise and beautiful. like Teddy.
f,,n Hn,
mirror and compared notes. TEDDY hao
two bright eyes: so had he.
Teddy had one nose; so mao ne.
Teddy's nose came out further ana
turned up. Nimble thought tnat Nea
ugly; still a; nose was nose. and one on
each face made the resemblance perfec'.
Teddy had a funny mouth. too, Mn
BILE thought. but he had only one and so
had the monkey. The cars too. were
similar and equal in number. but all
Teddy's features had a tendency to stick
out. and that came. thought Nlmble. OF
his investigating turn of mind. Perhaps
he was right. for Master Teddy was a
real Paul Pry.
Well, anyway, Nimble admired ieuus ,.
very much, and meant to be as much nKe
him as clothes could make him; and the
question reduced itself at last to one OF
clothes To get Teddy's clothes seemed
an impossibility. They were Kept unoei
lock in mothers room. That came ol
clothes big like papa's. If mother coule
cut them little he could cut them Dig. sc
the boy thought. and he had spolied
pretty blouse suit with the big shears
Nimbla, watching the scene from MS
perch. always connected clothes with scls
sors in the future. Mother and Iedos
both used scissors on clothes.
Oh. what wonderful things Mr. Nlmbie
was learning!
Well. Teddys clothes must be given
up; but there were others. Teddy
fathers clothes were hopeful NimDit
liked the looks of them better than he
| liked the looks OF mothers gowns. The
skirts would get in the way of knowl-
edge. Even Ninlble saw that: go he set
| himself out to get suit Of Mr. Taylor
| clothes.
! Now to prove how much alike are boys
| and monkeys. I must tell you that that
was exactly what Teddy was after. since
his mother had cruelty locked his ward
robe from the yearn!n@ shears he hao
determined to take a suit of his father
clothes and cut them little! And one Gay
fo, boy and monkey came chance. Mr.
| Taylor came home early and packed
dress suit case with clothing. then leaving
| it segens in .erdfg. to opik in any extras he
paIght. need BE Wesat 80 take bath
| Just then Teddy seane along with MS
siearso saeki1g samtthjng to denloiish
He saw the o2sn case fnli OF clo.nes