A MARQOIS AND A MONKEY
The follwiog story or a m »nkey hero Is vouched tor bf good authority It runs la this wise; Al«rgeoarang-out»ng, which is the largest species of m< nkey except the gurllh, was very mush l;> hi? master, and to the baby hoy who was the pet of thd whole famliy. One d»y a fi<-e suddenly broke ont m the house, and every body was fanning hsre and (here to pat it oat, while the litilo boy m the nursery was almost forgotten, ad when th»v thought of htm the staircaaa was all In fl-raea Wbatcoald be don^ ?As they were looking up aod wondering, a lar^u hairy hand opened the window, and presently the m mkey appeared with the baby m his atirH, and Cdretuliy ciimbad down over the poroh and broaght the ohitd safely to his nurse. Nobody oho could hare done it, for a man cannot olimb like a monkey, and is not nearly «• strong. Yoa m<ty imagine how th-) fnitbfai creature was pralted and petted a f ter that. This la a true atory, aod the child who wae s»ved wad the young M^rqale of KUdare.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1765, 13 February 1888, Page 3
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194A MARQOIS AND A MONKEY Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1765, 13 February 1888, Page 3
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