Year: 1860

jelly for the soup and he's heat up the pie, and flask of oil, and a pot of pomatum, and blister and now, he's hairing of hisself on the top of the 'ouse,. with your music-master's hat"

 Little did care for the original copy book thus presented to my notice; little for poorsMr Mellon's hat little, I'm ashamed to ', for my uncie's indignation looming unappeased in the distance my only object was to save poor Jacko from the fate that evidently threatened him. 70 Kitty" said I, clasping my hands, if your master hears all this, Jacko will have to go."

 "Like enuff, miss-him or l." sshe an. swered grimly. ~a

 But being good-natured woman at heart, and much attached to the family" l tslast prevailed upon her to bury the matter in eternal silence, and returned te my music-lesson. Having gained this i'm portant victory, was at leisure for minor consiG erations, and was so much distracted by weighing probabilities as to whether it would occur to Jacko to bring the hat down again or not, that when Mir. Mellon said :- " My dear young lady, you are playing all wrong. What is that large, open note ?" l looked at it nervously, and said, "a mon key" instead of a mnim."

 Shall ever forget that meek little mans face, when, on going away, he asked for his hat, and was informed by our Jeames, with the utmost gravity, that " the monkey had took'd it to the top of the 'ouse, sir but they've sent for chimbley-sweep to fetch it down."

 That functionary arrived in due time but supposing him to be at the top of the house, how was he to get at the hat? None of our servants would have dared to take it away from the monkey, to save their places, and what right had we to suppose chiul- ney-sweep would have more courage ? How ever, he seemed pretty stout of heart, said he didn't care for no sich warmint, not he and began manfully to ascend As usual, fortune favored the brave, for when Jacko saw, emerging from the chimney-pots, be- ing so much bigger, blacker, and more dia- bolical-looking than himself, he uttered che screech of terror, flung away the hat, and scuttled off the roof of the house faster than he went up. Being anxious to get him safe ly chained up out of the way of doing more mischief till my uncle came home, l was in waiting in the garden with glass of sher- ry, his favorite refreshment and while he was drinking it, being rather exhausted with the excitement he had gene through, he al lowed me to put his chain on, and l led him quietly away.

 When my uncle came home, and heard a very soltened account of the tenth part of Jacko's misdeeds, he sternly ordered that his liberty should be stopped; that hence forth he should never go out of the house, except attached to one of the dogs for exer- else; and in the house should always be ca bined, cribbed, confined" It is incredible how much mischief he contrvcd to do. really think his arms must have been made with extra joints, which he could throw out or curl in as it suited him, on the principle of those three yard measures which shut up into length of two or three inches; for however closely he might be chained, if you went away for two minutes, you were sure, on your return, to fnd him playing with, and probably smashing, something he had got from the other end of the room. One morll- ing my uncle, coming down to breakfast, was greeted by Jacko with such excessive urbani- ty and overacted delight, that he guessed there must be something wrong; and looking sharply round the room, saw that there was nos butter on the table, and that Jacko held one hand carefully behind his back. My uncle slowly advanced, eyeing him steadily; Jucko, loudly protesting how charmed he was to sec him that particular day of all days in the year, still kept his hand behind his back. My uncle came close up, still eye ing him fixedIy. Jacko. seeing there was no help for it, with back handed jerk threw the butter into the grate, crossed his hands in his lap, and sat smilingly serene, as good man reused from peaceful sIumber. "Jacko, you shall be lcked!" said my uncle. He un- derstood perfectly, and in his terror made such horrible chatter with his chain among the fre-irons, that my uncle began to upfast- en him, that he might thrash him in peace and comfort. But Jacko was too quick for him; the moment he was free, he sprang up the chimney, and sat singing in the soot. His triumph was short. He forgot he had d tal; and my uncle, cautiously putting his hand up the chimney, caught the tip of that tail, and brought him down, squealing and yelling, to receive his deserved punishment. Another time, we found the breakfast-room so full of feathers that we thought some body must have been pluckng goose there; but it was only Jacko, who had contrived to reach one of the soia pillows, and had been unripping it for his amusement. It was a great satisfaction to our feelings when he nearly choked himself with two or three feath- CTS that had got into his cream; and then he glared vindictively at us, as if we had done It! Another morning, we found him sur rounded by the contents of the post bag, torn into minute shreds, which was a serious misfortune, as one Of the letters was to my brother from the lady of his love, together with copy of the Record; the first time, I should think, that that respectable pubica- tion was made use of as sentimental gage d'amour.

 Once, another uncle came to pay us a visit who was regarded in the family with the deepest awe and reverence. It was supposed among us that there was no book he had not read, no subject he had not searched out. He was man learned in all the wisdom of the modern British. He had been chosen companion of Jeffrey, and the rest of the Northern lights, at the time when the Edia- burgh Reriew blazed out in youthful splen- dor; nay. there was family tradition that he himself had contributed to those glories We know for certain that he now wrote in