THE MARMOSET. 



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that on the tail stood out all around ; and in 

 anger the member itself was " swished " like 

 that of an angry cat. In fact, although he was 

 afraid of people, when he was really cornered 

 he became savage, and showed that, notwith- 

 standing he was a pet and lived on a mantel, he 

 might be a very unpleasant beast to manage, a 

 genuine wild monkey. 



As the weather grew colder in the fall, the 

 little monkey hardly came out at all, from his 

 warm corner under the blanket. One day I 

 bethought me of trying to comfort him with 

 a footstove. I got a flat stone three or four 

 inches square and an inch thick. This I put 

 on the kitchen range till it was very warm, then 

 wrapped it in flannel and laid it in the path of 

 the shivering little fellow. When he came out 

 to breakfast and stepped on it, he instantly 

 stopped, and nothing would induce him to leave 

 it till it grew cold. After that I kept it heated 

 for him all the time he was awake, and he 

 hugged it as a freezing person will hug a stove. 



But as the weeks went on he grew more and 

 more sleepy and dull, so that he was no longer 

 amusing, and I knew he would not brighten up 

 till summer came. So I moved his quarters to 

 another place, and never again tried to keep a 

 monkey on the mantel. 



