Of course the boys did not know certainly that the animal the farmer had seen was Mr. Stubbs's brother, but all were quite sure it was; and before they had been in the oak grove ten minutes they saw the monkey himself, hanging by his tail and one paw from the branch of a tree.
Toby was so delighted at seeing his pet safe and alive that he set up a great shout; and the monkey, thus warned that boys who would chain him down to the drudgery of a circus ring were on his track, started off at full speed, scolding furiously as he went.
To catch a monkey in the woods was even a harder task than to "scrape" him from the tent, or to capture him on the roof of the hen-house; but he must be caught, and the three boys started after him, fully aware of the difficult task before them.
To Mr. Stubbs's brother this flight and pursuit was simply the wildest kind of a frolic, and he fairly screamed with delight as he leaped from one tree to another, sometimes allowing them to touch him, and then starting off, at full speed until nearly out of sight.
[to be continued.]
[AMUSING "HIS HIGHNESS."]
BY MARY D. BRINE.
His little Highness sits in state
Upon his rightful throne,
And from his kingly brow all sign
Of royal care has flown.
His little Highness smiles at us
Who kneel before him there,
The while we kiss his gracious hand
And bonny face so fair.
His little Highness, it is plain,
His subjects should amuse;
And of all entertainments, pray
Which will his Highness choose?
There's "This wee pig to market went,"
Played with his royal toes;
And "Trot, trot, trot, on mother's knee,
To Boston baby goes";
And "Patty-cake, O baker's man!"
Played with the dimpled hands;
And many another game like that
Which baby understands.
But best of all his Majesty
His mother's kiss prefers;
For though we dearly love our king,
There is no love like hers.
So in her arms she clasps him tight,
He and his dignity.
He's only baby, after all,
And sleepy as can be.
His throne into a cradle turns—
'Tis mother's knee, you know—
And presently to slumber-land
His Majesty will go.