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found the trio in the happiest kind of visiting mood, 

 although the string of the musician was almost break- 

 ing the monkey's body in two, so stubbornly did he 

 cling to the crib where he was having such a good 

 time. And then it was the nurse girl's turn to be 

 astonished and frightened. It is quite probable that 

 she might have done the monkey some bodily injury 

 had her courage been greater. But when she saw 

 how pleasantly the three were getting along, she 

 burst into laughter, which seemed to add to the 

 enjoyment of the entire party. Suddenly, however, 

 the mother, who had heard the child's scream, rushed 

 into the nursery : and she too was filled with amaze- 

 ment, then amusement, and at last with a feeling of 

 kindness toward the little animal that had produced 

 such a happy effect upon the child. However, she 

 sent him back to his master with a coin, which he 

 placed carefully in his pocket after the manner of 

 such simian financiers ; but it is needless to say he 

 returned the next day, and the next, and that the 

 funniest kind of tripartite agreement existed for a 

 brief period each day in that nursery. 



There was another interesting little association in 

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