The Monkey and the Baby.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 181, 4 December 1886, Page 1

The Monkey and the Baby.

There lived in a family anice good-humoured and good sized monkey. Love and charity this monkey decidedly possessed, and it ft as dotingly fond of the baby of the house, 3o fond had the monkey become of the child that they were -wheeled about together by ft maid servant in a little chalrJ The child Mould cry it the monkey w«rd Uktrv away ; and ihe monkey -would grind fcnake her cage, and chatter, if not per^ uiitted to " take the air." One day, wheii the nurse had slipped off to dinner, the monkey got out of its cage, and finding the baby awake in the cvadle and sucking its thumb the monkey deemed that it wished for air and exercise. So, taking the child out of its crib, the poor dear monkey carried the child to the leads on the top of the house, and there sat with it on the edge of a gutter i-epi eeenting the head of a satyr, in rainy days disgorging water far above and immediately over the haid «tones of the paved court below. The child was soon missed from its bed, and then the monkey from its cage, and a general search commenced, enditig in the bcfoie mentioned disclosure on the gutter. The father of the infant was a sensible as well as an affectionate man— the two things really went together — and he did his best to pic\ ent the servants from Fcieaming ; but, try to hush them as he might, the child, havir q benefited by Uie decidedly fresh air. thought it heard its nuise"s \oice. and being lumgry, cried for food. The monkey knew "by " reason " what the Iviby cued' for ; " instinct " then suggested that, the mouth beiug open, -omethmg should be put in it. So the monkey* carefully scraped all the moss, and snap-diagon growth that was on the roof ot the hou^e into a wad, and most kindly and assiduously stufted it into tho oahy'p mouth, tasting it her&eJf first to seehat it m.i~ go. d. AVh tl 'lit monkey thought if the tu-tt: it ihi 3 loon i.v one was near •nough to tell : but -Me gave it all to the Heie v>a^ a di'einma — to be choked l \ ith weeds and soot, 01 to be dashed to piece 5*5 * by a fall. Honor held the entire household in suspense, when a little boy, the ooachimn'.s sen, who knew the effect of apples on him&elf, v.a» seen to crawl alone !"he gutter, when the monkey being a friend or the boy, tucked the baby under her arm head downwards, and hobbled off to meet mm. The monkey and the boy had often exchanged chilidet, the boy giving a halfrotten piece ot an apple, best side uppermosi, for a good nut kept tor future enjoyment in the monkey's pouch. And while they were again making their exchange, dJ d the monkey was thumbing her cheek fco get out the nut, the boy got hold of the child, ami the trio, in full" confidence with each other, threaded the chimneys, slid the tiles, and deliveied themselves up to tho family. The boy was promoted to a surfeit of buttons, and the poor monkey (who had eired irom no want of affection, but from the confuiion of intellect, reason and instinct) was given away to a. street musician.-- Child's Companion.

To tite Public.— l, the tmdfMWigned, do this daj- make the following stctement, in hopes that others who have gone through a similar affliction may profit thereby : — For many months have T been sick ; so bad that life was a burden. The mental depression antf physical prostration wore somel hing that cannot be described. Doctors and patent medicines I have tried without any relief, but getting worae all the time. As a forlorn hope I called on Ilr. Speer, Palmorston. Buildings, Queen-street. He examined me, and without asking a qiiosHon, gave me every symptom I had. Said ho vrould treat me. From the first tcaspoonful of his medicine I felt relief, and have been constantly getting better ever since. Words cannot express nay gratitude. The above statement I make without any solicitation, and I am willing to rerify the san>e before a J.P. — Respectfully yours, R. .AjDAauMMT Cliarlotte-streot, Eden Tcrraoe.