Minnie's Pet Monkey

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Leslie Madeline. Minnie's Pet Monkey

CHAPTER I. JACKO AND HIS WOUNDED TAIL

CHAPTER II. JACKO BLACKING THE TABLE

CHAPTER III. JACKO RUNNING AWAY

CHAPTER IV. THE MONKEY IN CHURCH

CHAPTER V. JACKO IN THE PANTRY

CHAPTER VI. THE CRUEL MONKEY

CHAPTER VII. KEES STEALING EGGS

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One morning, cook went to her mistress with loud complaints of Jacko’s tricks.

“What has he been doing now?” inquired the lady, with some anxiety.

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“Some years after, a Portuguese, having obtained a similar tooth, pretended that he had recovered the old one, which so rejoiced the priests that they purchased it from him for more than fifty thousand dollars.”

Minnie laughed. “I should suppose,” she said, “that if cook thinks so much of monkeys, she would be pleased to live with them. Do you know any more about monkeys, mamma?”

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