THE STORY OF JACKO II. 133 



of the house, should only have nuts, carrots, and other raw- 

 vegetables, which set his teeth on edge, provided for him, 

 whilst this comparative stranger was offered such tempting 

 delicacies. He came to the conclusion that his master 

 was most unjust, and that he must do his best to restore 

 things to the proper order by eating the pies himself and 

 leaving the nuts, &c. to Michette. 



So, next morning, when the two breakfasts were 

 brought, as Michette, purring cheerfully, approached her 

 saucer, Jacko picked her up under one arm, where he 

 held her firmly, with her head turned away from the food 

 as long as there was any left on the dish ; then, 

 having had an excellent meal, he left Michette at liberty 

 to breakfast in her turn on the vegetables. 



Michette turned over and smelt them each in turn, 

 but, displeased with the result of her inspection, she came 

 back mewing sadly, and lay down by the greedy monkey. 



At dinner the same manoeuvre took place, but this 

 time Jacko was still more pleased with his idea, for the 

 meat pie struck him as even better than the milk pudding. 

 Thanks to these nourishing meals, and the warmth of 

 Michette's fur, he spent an excellent night, snoring away 

 lustily, and quite regardless of poor Michette's complaints. 



Things went on like this for three days, to the great 

 joy of Jacko and the equally great distress of Michette, 

 who, by the fourth day, was so w T eak that she lay still in 

 her corner without moving. Jacko made an excellent 

 meal, and felt much ill-used when he returned to roll 

 himself round Michette to find his warm muff so much 

 cooler than usual. 



The night was colder than ever, and next morning 

 Jacko's tail was frozen hard, and Michette lay at the 

 point of death. 



Luckily, on that day, Tony, who had felt anxious on 

 account of the extreme cold, went to inspect his two 

 prisoners as soon as he woke. He was only just in time, 

 for both seemed almost equally petrified, so he took Jacko 



